{"id":46930,"date":"2025-07-02T09:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=46930"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:16:37","slug":"calculate-the-mass-of-edta-molar-mass-372-24-g-mol-to-prepare-500-ml-of-an-approximately-0-01-m-edta-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/calculate-the-mass-of-edta-molar-mass-372-24-g-mol-to-prepare-500-ml-of-an-approximately-0-01-m-edta-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculate the mass of EDTA (molar mass = 372.24 g\/mol) to prepare 500 mL of an approximately 0.01 M EDTA solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Calculate the mass of EDTA (molar mass = 372.24 g\/mol) to prepare 500 mL of an approximately 0.01 M EDTA solution. [show steps]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To calculate the mass of EDTA required to prepare 500 mL of a 0.01 M EDTA solution, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Convert volume to liters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The volume of the solution is 500 mL, but the molarity (M) is expressed in moles per liter. To convert milliliters to liters: 500\u2009mL=0.500\u2009L500 \\, \\text{mL} = 0.500 \\, \\text{L}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Use the molarity formula<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The molarity formula is: M=moles&nbsp;of&nbsp;solutevolume&nbsp;of&nbsp;solution&nbsp;in&nbsp;litersM = \\frac{\\text{moles of solute}}{\\text{volume of solution in liters}}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rearrange this formula to solve for the moles of solute (EDTA): moles&nbsp;of&nbsp;EDTA=M\u00d7V\\text{moles of EDTA} = M \\times V<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>M=0.01\u2009MM = 0.01 \\, \\text{M} (molarity of EDTA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V=0.500\u2009LV = 0.500 \\, \\text{L} (volume of solution in liters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now calculate the moles of EDTA: moles&nbsp;of&nbsp;EDTA=0.01\u2009mol\/L\u00d70.500\u2009L=0.005\u2009mol\\text{moles of EDTA} = 0.01 \\, \\text{mol\/L} \\times 0.500 \\, \\text{L} = 0.005 \\, \\text{mol}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Convert moles to mass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the mass of EDTA, use the relationship: mass=moles\u00d7molar&nbsp;mass\\text{mass} = \\text{moles} \\times \\text{molar mass}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The molar mass of EDTA is 372.24 g\/mol. Now calculate the mass: mass=0.005\u2009mol\u00d7372.24\u2009g\/mol=1.8612\u2009g\\text{mass} = 0.005 \\, \\text{mol} \\times 372.24 \\, \\text{g\/mol} = 1.8612 \\, \\text{g}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Final Answer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The mass of EDTA required to prepare 500 mL of a 0.01 M solution is <strong>1.8612 g<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To prepare a specific molarity solution, first convert the volume to liters since molarity is moles per liter. Then use the molarity formula to calculate how many moles of EDTA are needed for the desired concentration and volume. Finally, multiply the number of moles by the molar mass of EDTA to determine the mass needed. This method ensures that the correct amount of substance is used for the solution preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calculate the mass of EDTA (molar mass = 372.24 g\/mol) to prepare 500 mL of an approximately 0.01 M EDTA solution. [show steps] The correct answer and explanation is: To calculate the mass of EDTA required to prepare 500 mL of a 0.01 M EDTA solution, follow these steps: Step 1: Convert volume to liters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46935,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46930\/revisions\/46935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}