10.30 mg of O2 dissolved into a litre of sea water of density 1.03g/mL. The concentration of O2 in ppm is
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Solution
ppm=WSoluteWSolution×100 Using the density of the solution and its volume (1L=1000mL=1000cm3), the weight of the solution can be calculated. Wsolution=1.03×1000=1030g Thus, ppm 10.3×10−3g1030g×106=10ppm