Answer to Question #293489 in Chemical Engineering for brice

Question

agent orange contains about 2 ppm (m/v) of dioxin, a very toxic substance, as an impurity. how many milliliters of agent orange would have to be used in order to place 0.01 g of dioxin in the environment

Answer 1

It is a liquid

2 ppm = 2 mg = 0.002 g

0.002 g—————————1 L

0.01 g—————————-X

X = 5 L

5,000 mL