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      <title>Making chemical solutions</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Making chemical solutions&#xA;&#xA;An important part of Chemistry is the ability to make up solutions of a known concentration.   This can sound quite complex, however it doesn&#39;t need to be.&#xA;&#xA;The following is some simple instructions that will produce 250m of 1molar concentration of Sodium Chloride&#xA;&#xA;I have made this solution up using pure Sodium Chloride, from a chemical supplier [1], rather than table salt which contains Sodium Ferrocyanide.  If you need extra help with this try asking on Science forums [2] as there is a section on there for home chemistry.&#xA;&#xA;I am also on the IRCNow network, where we are starting up a channel to discuss amateur / home science. &#xA;&#xA;Links&#xA;&#xA;1 Better Equipped&#xA;2 Science Forums&#xA;   3 Amateur Science&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#Chemistry,#NaCl,#SodiumChloride,#Molar,#Mol,#Solution,&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Making chemical solutions</p>

<p>An important part of Chemistry is the ability to make up solutions of a known concentration.   This can sound quite complex, however it doesn&#39;t need to be.</p>

<p>The following is some simple instructions that will produce <a href="https://www.quora.com/How-many-grams-of-sodium-chloride-are-required-to-prepare-250-mL-of-a-solution-of-1M-sodium-chloride?share=1" rel="nofollow">250m of 1molar concentration of Sodium Chloride</a></p>

<p>I have made this solution up using pure Sodium Chloride, from a chemical supplier [1], rather than table salt which contains Sodium Ferrocyanide.  If you need extra help with this try asking on Science forums [2] as there is a section on there for home chemistry.</p>

<p>I am also on the IRCNow network, where we are starting up a channel to discuss amateur / home science.</p>

<p><strong>Links</strong></p>

<p>1 <a href="https://www.betterequipped.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Better Equipped</a>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Molecular weight calculator</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Molecular weight calculator&#xA;&#xA;I decided to write this to help calculate molar weights for chemistry.&#xA;&#xA;molweight&#xA;&#xA;In essence you can enter the Mass of an element or molecular mass of a substance, compound etc, and this will help give you  molar weight, for example 0.5 mol. &#xA;&#xA;It is, for example common to have different concentrations of an acid for example.  We know that Sodium Hydroxide has a weight of 40 because of the combined weight of its components:&#xA;&#xA;$NaOH$ which equates to&#xA;&#xA;Na = 22 +&#xA;O = 16 +&#xA;H = 1&#xA;= 39&#xA;&#xA;Therefore 1 mol of NaOH = 39g which is of course equal to Avogadros constant : $6.022 x 10^{23}$&#xA;&#xA;Therefore 0.5 mol is roughly $39 \div 2 = 19.5g$&#xA;&#xA;This program is NOT a substitute for proper calculation. You need to use more accurate values.  Values used are just a rough guide.&#xA;&#xA;However it may be useful, for those quick calculations. &#xA;&#xA;The program code base is taken from my Drake equation calculator I made a few weeks ago.&#xA;&#xA;#chemistry,#mol,#molar,#weight,#calculator&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Molecular weight calculator</p>

<p>I decided to write this to help calculate molar weights for chemistry.</p>

<p><img src="https://git.qoto.org/zleap/documents/-/raw/master/molweight.png" alt="molweight"></p>

<p>In essence you can enter the Mass of an element or molecular mass of a substance, compound etc, and this will help give you  molar weight, for example 0.5 mol.</p>

<p>It is, for example common to have different concentrations of an acid for example.  We know that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hydroxide" rel="nofollow">Sodium Hydroxide</a> has a weight of 40 because of the combined weight of its components:</p>

<p>$NaOH$ which equates to</p>

<p>Na = 22 +
O = 16 +
H = 1
= 39</p>

<p>Therefore 1 mol of NaOH = 39g which is of course equal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant" rel="nofollow">Avogadros constant</a> : $6.022 x 10^{23}$</p>

<p>Therefore 0.5 mol is roughly $39 \div 2 = 19.5g$</p>

<p>This program is <strong>NOT</strong> a substitute for proper calculation. You need to use more accurate values.  Values used are just a rough guide.</p>

<p>However it may be useful, for those quick calculations.</p>

<p>The program code base is taken from my Drake equation calculator I made a few weeks ago.</p>

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