Toluene (C6H5CH3 ), an organic compound often used as a solvent in paints, is mixed with a similar organic compound, benzene (C6H6 ). Calculate the molarity, molality, mass percent, and mole fraction of toluene in 200. mL of solution that contains 75.8 g of toluene and 95.6 g of benzene. The density of the solution is 0.857 g/cm3.

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Explanation:

The given data is as follows.

 Weight of solute = 75.8 g,   Molecular weight of solute (toulene) = 92.13 g/mol,    volume = 200 ml

  • Therefore, molarity of toulene is calculated as follows.

      Molarity = [tex]\frac{\text{weight of solute}}{\text{molecular weight of solute}} \times \frac{1000}{\text{volume of solution in ml}}[/tex]

                    = [tex]\frac{75.8 g}{92.13 g/mol} \times \frac{1000}{200 ml}[/tex]

                    = 4.11 M

Hence, molarity of toulene is 4.11 M.

  • As molality is the number of moles of solute present in kg of solvent.

So, we will calculate the molality of toulene as follows.

   Molality = [tex]\frac{\text{given weight of solute}}{\text{given molecular weight of solute}} \times \frac{1000}{\text{weight of solvent in grams}}[/tex]

             = [tex]\frac{75.8 g}{92.13 g/mol} \times \frac{1000}{95.6 g}[/tex]

             = 8.6 m

Hence, molality of given toulene solution is 8.6 m.

  • Now, calculate the number of moles of toulene as follows.

       No. of moles = [tex]\frac{mass}{\text{molar mass}}[/tex]

                             = [tex]\frac{75.8 g}{92.13 g/mol}[/tex]

                             = 0.8227 mol

Now, no. of moles of benzene will be as follows.

     No. of moles = [tex]\frac{mass}{\text{molar mass}}[/tex]

                             = [tex]\frac{95.6 g}{78.11 g/mol}[/tex]

                             = 1.2239 mol

Hence, the mole fraction of toulene is as follows.

         Mole fraction = [tex]\frac{\text{moles of toulene}}{\text{total moles}}[/tex]

                             = [tex]\frac{0.8227 mol}{(0.8227 + 1.2239) mol}[/tex]

                             = 0.402

Hence, mole fraction of toulene is 0.402.

  • As density of given solution is 0.857 [tex]g/cm^{3}[/tex] so, we will calculate the mass of solution as follows.

         Density = [tex]\frac{mass}{volume}[/tex]

     0.857 [tex]g/cm^{3}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{mass}{200 ml}[/tex]      (As 1 [tex]cm^{3}[/tex] = 1 g)

                      mass = 171.4 g

Therefore, calculate the mass percent of toulene as follows.

      Mass % = [tex]\frac{\text{mass of solute}}{\text{mass of solution}} \times 100[/tex]

                   = [tex]\frac{75.8 g}{171.4 g} \times 100[/tex]

                   = 44.22%

Therefore, mass percent of toulene is 44.22%.