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A solution is made so it has a percentage concentration of {ansb} % w/v of {chem} by using {gramsb} grams of {chem}. This means that [[0]] mL of solvent was used.
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\nwe can substitute our values for percentage concentration and mass of solute and rearrange to get the value of 'volume of solvent (mL)'.
\n$\\text{percentage concentration (w/v)}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\text{mass of solute (g)}}{\\text{volume of solvent (mL)}}\\times 100$ | \n
\n | \n | \n |
$\\var{ansb} \\text{ (% w/v)}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\var{gramsb}\\text{ (g)}}{\\text{volume of solvent (mL)}}\\times 100$ | \n
\n | \n | \n |
$\\var{ansb} \\text{ % (w/v)}\\times \\text{volume of solvent (mL)}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\var{gramsb}\\text{ (g)}}{\\text{volume of solvent (mL)}}\\times 100\\times \\text{volume of solvent (mL)}$ | \n
\n | \n | \n |
$\\var{ansb} \\text{ % (w/v)}\\times \\text{volume of solvent (mL)}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\var{gramsb}\\text{ (g)}\\times 100$ | \n
\n | \n | \n |
$\\dfrac{\\var{ansb} \\text{ % (w/v)}\\times \\text{volume of solvent (mL)}}{\\var{ansb} \\text{ % (w/v)}}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\var{gramsb}\\text{ (g)}\\times 100}{\\var{ansb} \\text{ % (w/v)}}$ | \n
\n | \n | \n |
$\\text{volume of solvent (mL)}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\var{gramsb}\\text{ (g)}\\times 100}{\\var{ansb} \\text{ % (w/v)}}$ | \n
\n | \n | \n |
$\\text{volume of solvent (mL)}$ | \n$=$ | \n$\\var{millb} \\text{ (mL)}$ | \n
%w/v is annoying
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(chemistry)#Usage_in_biology