a beaker contains 150ml of 0.14 mol/L solution of strontium nitrate. if 350 mL of water is added to the beaker, what will be the concentration of strontium nitrate?

Respuesta :

What remains constant before and after the addition of water is the number of moles in the beaker.

So, let the concentration be c₁ and c₂ (before and after), the number of moles be n and the volume before be V₁ and after be V₂.

The equation for concentration is number of moles divided by the volume, so we have, for before the addition:

[tex]c_1=\frac{n}{V_1}\leftrightarrow n=c_1V_1[/tex]

And the equation for after:

[tex]c_2=\frac{n}{V_2}\leftrightarrow n=c_2V_2[/tex]

Notice that we didn't put subscripted number on n because this won't change.

Because n doesn't change, we can say:

[tex]\begin{gathered} n=n \\ c_1V_1=c_2V_2 \\ c_2=\frac{c_1V_1}{V_2}_{}_{} \end{gathered}[/tex]

We know c₁ is 0.14 mol/L and V₁ is 150 mL.

The volume after the addition will be the volume before plus the amount we added, so:

[tex]V_2=150+350=500[/tex]

Thus, the final concentration will be:

[tex]c_2=\frac{0.14mol/L\cdot150\cancel{mL}}{500\cancel{mL}}=0.042mol/L[/tex]

The final concentration will be 0.042 mol/L.