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Offline Ryumexicano

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Unit conversion
« on: September 25, 2014, 12:46:24 AM »
Hey guys.  I was just wondering if someone can guide me in the right direction to convert concentration from mg/L to M.

The lab asks to convert our values of molarity in mg/L (which I have) and I am not sure how to convert them to M (moles/L).  I don't want to mess my lab notebook with wrong calculations.  I have an idea.

I am calculating molarities of MO (Methyl Orange), which we used in a Kinetics experiment.  I have all my concentrations in mg/L but I want M, not required, but just in case we get asked. 

Can I use the density of MO and molar mass to find the concentration in M? Please, I am a bit confused on how to do this. I know it's a simple conversion, but any help is appreciate it.


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Re: Unit conversion
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2014, 02:18:58 AM »
Whats the MW. With units.

Just convert mg to gm. Then gm to gmol.

1 M = 1 gmol / L

At mg conc. the densities wont matter much. I'm assuming it's dissolved in water?

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Re: Unit conversion
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2014, 04:46:17 AM »
why should the density matter?

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