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What do you divide the mass by to get the concentration of a solute?

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You divide by the mass of the solution.

Percent by mass is the mass of the solute divided by the mass of the solution, multiplied by 100.

Example:

You dissolve a 4.00 g sugar cube in 350 mL of tea at 80 °C. The density of water at 80 °C is 0.975 g/mL. What is the percent by mass of sugar in the solution?

Solution

Step 1 — Determine mass of the solute.

The solute is the sugar cube. Mass of solute = 4.00 g.

Step 2 — Determine mass of solvent.

The solvent is the 80 °C water. Use the density of the water to find the mass.

mass of solvent = 350 mL ×

0.975

g

1

mL

= 341 g

Step 3— Determine the total mass of the solution

mass of solution = mass of solute + mass of solvent = 4.00 g + 341 g = 345 g

Step 4 — Determine percent composition by mass of the sugar solution.

% by mass =

mass of solute

mass of solution

× 100 % =

4.00

g

345

g

× 100 % = 1.159 %

The percent composition by mass of the sugar solution is 1.159 %.

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