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How many grams of sodium chloride are present in a 0.75 M solution with a volume of 500.0 milliliters?

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The answer is 21.92g.

How I got this was plugging the molarity into the concentration formula on the reference tables.

Molarity = moles of solute/liter of solution

.75 = x/.5

.75 x .5 = .375 mol

You then plug the moles into the Mole Calculations formula on the reference tables. You need to find the gram-formula mass of sodium chloride, or NaCl. You add up the atomic masses of both and get 58.44277g.

Number of moles = given mass/gram-formula mass

.375 = x/58.44277

.375 x 58.44277 = 21.91603875 g

Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, and you get 21.92g! :)
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