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You dissolve a compound with a molecular mass of 289.49 in a 10-mL volumetric flask. You remove a 1.00-mL aliquot, place it in a 25-mL volumetric flask and dilute it to the mark. The absorbance of this diluted solution at 341 nm was 0.444 in a 1.000-cm cuvet. The molar absorptivity for this compound at 341 nm is ε341 = 6117 M–1 cm–1.
(a) What is the concentration of the compound in the cuvet?
(b) What is the concentration of the compound in the 10-mL flask?
(c) How many milligrams of compound were used to make the 10-mL solution?
Answer – Given, molar mass of compound 289.49 g/mol, volume = 10.0 mL
Length, l = 1.0 cm , volume of solution = 1.0 mL and diluted to 25 mL
Absorbance , A = 0.444 , molar absorptivity =6117 M-1.cm-1
a) We know formula for Beer-Lambert law
A = є*l*C
0.444 = 6117 M-1.cm-1 * 1.0 cm * C
So, C = 0.444 / 6117 M-1.cm-1 *1.0 cm
= 7.26*10-5 M
The concentration of the compound in the cuvet is 7.26*10-5 M
b) Concentration of the compound in the 10-mL flask
We calculate concentration of solution of 25 mL is 7.26*10-5 M
So using the dilution law
M1V1 = M2V2
So, M2 = M1V1/V2
= 7.26*10-5 M *25 mL/ 10 mL
= 1.81*10-4 M
Concentration of the compound in the 10-mL flask is 1.81*10-4 M
c) So, moles of compound = 1.81*10-4 M * 0.010 mL
= 0.00181 moles
So mass of compound = 0.00181 moles * 289.49 g/mol
= 0.525 g
So, 1 g = 1000 mg
So, 0.525 g = ?
= 525 mg
So, 525 milligrams of compound were used to make the 10-mL solution.