Chapter 1.3, Problem 6TY

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The quantity of $15.8\text{ M}$ Nitric acid that has to be diluted to $0.250L$ solution to make $3.00\text{ M}$ $HN{O}_3$ has to be calculated.

Concept introduction:

Molarity is a concentration term that is used to express the concentration of the solute in solution.  It is represented as,

$molarity\text{ = }\frac{no.of\text{ moles of solute}}{volume\text{ of solution in L}}$

Dilution formula refers to a formula to obtain the quantity of concentrated solution to be withdrawn to make dilute solution of desired quantity.  The formula is given as,

$M_{conc}.V_{conc}=M_{dil}.V_{dil}$

Where,

$\begin{array}{l}{M}_{conc}=\text{ molar concentration of concentrated solution}\\ V_{conc}=\text{ volume of concentrated solution}\\ M_{dil}=\text{ molar concentration of diluted solution}\\ V_{dil}=\text{ volume of diluted solution}\end{array}$