5. What mass of magnesium sulfate MgSO4, is contained in 1.5 L of a 0.40 M solution of
magnesium sulfate? Show your work. Answer: 72 g MgSO4
0.40M×1.5L=0.6mol
0.6mol x \frac{120.35g}{1mol} = 72g MgSO4
6. Suppose a patient needs 5.0 grams of magnesium sulfate. I have a 4.5 M solution. What
volume of this solution does the patient need? Show your work. Answer: 0.0092 L or 9.2
ml
7. Explain how you would prepare 100.0 ml of a 0.50 M solution of magnesium sulfate
MgSO4. You have solid magnesium sulfate, a mass balance, a 100.0 ml volumetric flask,
and water.
8. Recall in question 6 that you determined the volume a patient needed of a 4.5 M
solution of magnesium sulfate to get a 5.0 gram dose. However, 4.5 M is too
concentrated for a patient to take intravenously. A patient can handle a 1.0 M solution.
Using the volume of the 4.5 M solution that you calculated in question 6, determine the
volume you would need to dilute this to in order to decrease its concentration to 1.0 M.
Show your work. Answer: 0.041 L