Chapter 16, Problem 144E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The mass of sodium carbonate decahydrate required to make $1.00\times {10}^2\text{mL}$ of $0.500\text{N}$ sodium carbonate is to be calculated.

Concept introduction:

The normality of a solution is referred as the gram equivalent weight of a solute dissolved in one liter of the solution. The normality of solution is given by the expression as shown below.

$\text{N}=\frac{{\text{n}}_{\text{eq}}}{\text{V}}$

The number of equivalents of the acidic solute is the number of ${\text{H}}^{+}$ produced and the number of equivalents of the basic solute is the number of ${\text{OH}}^{-}$ produced.