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g1na

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Pre lab calculations HELP!
« on: March 09, 2012, 08:54:46 pm »
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right so this is relating to to my SAC using colorimetry to determine phosphorus in lawn fertiliser

in this experiment you will prepare a 250mL solution of fertiliser. It is desirable for the concentration of the phosphate ions in the sample to be about 50mg/L. if the fertiliser contains about 1.8% phosphorus by mass in form of water soluble phosphate, calculate the approximate mass of fertiliser required to prepare the 250mL solution

i'm not sure if it's right but i got an answer of 0.694g

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Re: Pre lab calculations HELP!
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2012, 09:43:44 pm »
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I got 6.944 g

Working:
0.05 g/L
0.0125 g in 250 mL

0.0018x=0.0125
x= 6.944444 g
« Last Edit: March 09, 2012, 09:45:25 pm by ggxoxo »

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Re: Pre lab calculations HELP!
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2012, 10:44:40 pm »
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 HAHAHAH yeah my bad, but for some bizarre reason, the teacher said that 0.23g was the answer but wont show us the working out of it :S