Answer to Question #57307 in General Chemistry for Sabrina Ahmad

Question

How to calculate the density of sodium acetate buffer? Mol wt of sodium acetate is 82.033789 g/mol.

Answer 1

Density is defined as mass divided by volume. This measure is temperature dependant.
So that to estimate the density of sodium acetate buffer at a fixed temperature:
- measure certain volume of the buffer;
- weight this volume with the scales:
- divide mass by volume.