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How much 2 M stock solution do you need to make 1000 mL of 0.1 M solution?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step solutions and concentration video lesson with captions. Final answer: initial volume V₁ = 50 mL; add 950 mL of solvent.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.3 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
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How much 2 M stock solution do you need to make 1000 mL of 0.1 M solution?
2. Step by step
1. $M_1V_1 = M_2V_2$
  Moles of solute stay the same when you dilute
2. $V_1 = \frac{M_2\,V_2}{M_1}$
  Rearrange for initial volume V₁
3. $V_1 = \frac{(0.1\ \text{M})(1000\ \text{mL})}{2\ \text{M}} = 50\ \text{mL}$
  Substitute
4. $V_2 - V_1 = 950\ \text{mL}$
  Solvent to add
3. The answer
$\text{initial volume V₁ = 50 mL; add 950 mL of solvent}$
initial volume V₁ = 50 mL
4. Check
- M₁V₁ = 100 and M₂V₂ = 100 ✓

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: How much 2 M stock solution do you need to make 1000 mL of 0.1 M solution? Diluting adds solvent but not solute, so the moles of solute before and after are equal.

Step by step. Moles of solute stay the same when you dilute. Rearrange for initial volume V₁. Substitute. Solvent to add. Start with V₁ of the stock and add solvent up to V₂.

The answer. So the answer is initial volume V₁ equals 50 mL; add 950 mL of solvent. Any volume unit works in M₁V₁ equals M₂V₂ as long as both volumes use the same one. Moles of solute: 0.1 mol.

Check. M₁V₁ equals 100 and M₂V₂ equals 100, which checks out.

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