BRB need to move bottles of 98% sulfuric acid... i always get a little nervous when working with strong acids...

@freemo Out of interest what is the difference between 98% and Molar concentration. ?

@zleap Molar, or more specifically Molarity would just be a different way of measuring concentration.

@freemo Ah on, so 1 mol of H_2SO_4 would be

Molar mass of H2SO4 = 98.07848 g/mol

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@zleap A molarity of 1 would be 1 mole of atoms of sulfuric acid dissolved in 1 liter of water

So if H2SO4 has a molar mass of 98.07848 g/mol (it does),

Then 1 molarity sulfuric acid is a 9.8% solution.. so 98% would be 10 molarity.

@zleap sorry i worded that wrong.. its not "in one liter of water" but rather "in one liter"... so its not 980g dissolved in 1 liter of water but rather 980 grams and then enough water added to make the total 1 liter

@freemo yeah makes sense, as you would fill the remainder of the volumetric flask with water.

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