Question

4 liters of organic compound acetone are present in 90 liters of an aqueous solution. Calculate its volume percent.

Answer 1

Solvent: The substance which is present in a large amount in a solution.

Solute: The substance which is present in a small amount in a solution.

• In the given question organic compound is a solute and an aqueous solution (water) is a solvent.
• Given the volume of solute = 4 liters
• Given the volume of solvent = 90 liters
• Volume percent: It is defined as the ratio of the volume of a solute to the volume of solution into 100.
• $Volumepercentage=\frac{volumeofsolute}{volumeofsolution}\times 100$
• $Volumepercent=\frac{4}{90}\times 100$
• $Volumepercentage=4.44\%$

The volume percentage of the given solution is 4.44%