Emily S.

asked • 06/20/24

conversion for sucrose

how many grams of sucrose solid do i need to make 450ml of 9.0% sucrose solution


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Patrick M. answered • 06/20/24

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Unless indicated otherwise, a % solution usually refers to weight per volume (%w/v). By this, a 1% solution, for example, means 1g of solute dissolved in 100mL of solvent.


Here, we need 9.0% sucrose in 450mL of solvent.


grams of sucrose = 9.0g / 100mL * 450mL


= 40.5g

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