Question

You conduct an experiment to determine the concentration of ions in an unknown solution. You place

300mL inside a dialysis bag and place the bag into a beaker of water with an ion concentration of 100
ppm (parts per million). When you check the experiment an hour later, the bag is swollen and has
taken In water. What can you conclude?
A. The concentration of ions of the unknown solution is more than 100
ppm.
B. Not enough information to determine.
C. The concentration of ions of the unknown solution is less than 100 ppm.
D. The solutions have the same concentrations.

Answer 1

You can confidently conclude that the concentration of the unknown solution is less than 100ppm. Because the concentration of the liquid in the beaker is higher than that of the unknown solution that is why water move out of the dialysis bag into the beaker of water. Thus, the solution inside the beaker is an hypertonic solution, that is why it deflated the dialysis bag.