2.3.2 - Volume Percentage (v/v)
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Calculate the volume percentage for 25 mL of solute mixed into 150 mL of solution.
💡 Hint: Use the formula: (Volume of solute / Volume of solution) x 100.
If you have 15 mL of food coloring in 85 mL of water, what is the volume percentage?
💡 Hint: Remember to follow the same calculation method.
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What is the volume percentage formula?
💡 Hint: Think about how to derive it from the given definitions.
True or False: The volume percentage can only be applied to liquid solutions.
💡 Hint: Consider other states of matter.
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A laboratory needs a solution that is 15% v/v of solvent. If the total volume of the solution is 600 mL, how much solute are needed?
💡 Hint: Use the volume percentage formula to solve.
A chemist has 500 mL of a 25% v/v solution. If they want to concentrate it to 40% by removing some of the solvent, how much solvent should be removed?
💡 Hint: Set up an equation based on the total solute volume to find how much should remain.
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