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A solution of sucrose is prepared by dissolving 0.5 g in 100 g of water. Calculate: a. Percent weight in weight b. The molal concentration of sucrose and water c. The mole fraction of sucrose and water in the solution
Solution of sucrose has 0.5g sucrose in 100g of water
a) Percent weight in weight is given by
m of solution=0.5+100=100.5g
b) Molal concentration or molality is defined as
where m_solvent is mass of water in our case=100g=0.1kg
n_solute is number of moles of sucrose
Molar mass of sucrose=342.3g/mol
Hence number of moles=
c)For mole fraction
Lets calculate number of moles of water
As molar mass of water is 18.02
moles
Mole fraction sucrose
Mole fraction water