Answer to Question #349173 in General Chemistry for raghu

Question

You have to dilute chemical X 5 times (i.e. 1:5 dilution) for 200µL. How much chemical X and solvent will you take?

Answer 1

I am lost now. "It's like 2 ml of solvent X diluted in 5 ml of H2O" Do you mean 2 ml or 1 ml?

1 ml solvent X adding to 5 ml water will dilute solvent X by 6 times (1:(1+5)) similarly it will dilute water by 6/5 times. In this case the solvent ratio is X : water = 1: 5.