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What amounts do you compare when measuring concentration

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  • When measuring concentration you compare the amount of solute to the amount of solvent or solution.

Step-by-step explanation:

The concentration is a measure of how much solute is present in certain amount of solvent or solution. There are many quantitative expressions for the concentration. Some of those expressions are: percentage, molarity, molality, molar fraction, among others.

This table shows the expressions for some concentration measures, showing the amounts compared.

Concentration amounts compared in form of ratio

Percentage, mass/mass (mass of solute / mass of solution) × 100

Percentage, vol./vol. (vol. of solue / vol. of solution) × 100

Molarity (moles of solute / liters of solution)

Molality (moles of solute / Kg of solvent)

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