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1. Show your calculations for preparing the following solutions: 200 ml of 20% (

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1. Show your calculations for preparing the following solutions: 200 ml of 20% (w/v) NaOH, 1 liter of 1.0 M Tris [molecular weight (MW) 121.1 g/mol], and 100 ml of 0.2 M EDTA (MW 372.2 g/mol).

    How much of the above Tris (1M) and EDTA (0.2M) solutions are used to prepare a 100 ml of TE buffer (10mM Tris and 1 mM EDTA)?

Show your calculations for preparing the following solutions: 200 ml of 20% (w/v) NaOH, 1 liter of 1.0 M Tris [molecular weight (MW) 121.1 g/mol], and 100 ml of 0.2 MEDTA (MW 372.2 g/mol. How much of the above Tris (1M) and EDTA (0.2M solutions are used to prepare a 100 ml of TE buffer (10mM Tris and 1 mMEDTA)?

Explanation / Answer

(a) 200ml of 20% NaOH

Mass of NaOH needed = (20/100) x 200 = 40g

40g of NaOH is needed to be dissolved in 200 ml of solvent to get 20% NaOH solution

(b) 1 L of 1.0M Tris

Molarity = No of moles of solute/ Volume of solution (in L)

No. of moles = Mass of given substance(m) / Molecular mass of the substance(M)

1.0 = m/121.1/1

m = 121.1g

Therefore 121.1 g of Tris is needed to prepare 1L of 1.0M solution.

(c) 100ml of 0.2 MEDTA

Molarity = No of moles of solute/ Volume of solution (in L)

No. of moles = Mass of given substance(m) / Molecular mass of the substance(M)

0.2 = m/372.2/0.1

m = 7.44g

Therefore 7.44g of EDTA is needed to prepare 100ml of 0.2M EDTA solution.

Tris = 10mM = 0.01M

EDTA = 1mM = 0.001M

For 1L TE buffer, 100ml of Tris is required and 20 ml of 0.2 M of EDTA is required

Therefore for 100ml of TE buffer 10ml of tris and 0.4 ml of EDTA is required.