Name Ashton Class 10W Date 18-11-2021
Practical Activity Concentration dan Dilution
Use this link to go to the pHet simulation to complete this activity.
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/concentration/latest/concentration_en.html
Please change the color of your font so your answers can be seen easily.
Open the simulation by pushing the play button. Begin by dragging the concentration tester
over to the liquid and add drink mix until the concentration reaches approximately 2.oo mol/L.
This means there are 2.00 moles of the drink mix in 1 Liter of the solution. It should look
like the picture below.
Part 1 – Effect of Changing Amount of Solute/Solvent:
1. Add more drink mix until you notice a color change. Have you increased or decreased the
concentration? (Higher number means a higher concentration). What happens to the
concentration as more solute is added?
The concentration increases, along with the color, if we add more drink mix, it will
slowly turn into a red-like mixture.
2. Now pull the knob on the faucet at the top of the screen and add water until you have 1 Liter
of solution in the beaker. Is the color of the solution lighter, darker or the same? (Pay
attention to not only the color but the concentration measurement as well). What happens to
the concentration as the quantity of water increases?
By adding water more water into the mix, the color of the mixture becomes lighter as
more water is inserted. As the quantity of water increases, the concentration
decreases, losing its color, becoming more lighter in color.
3. Evaporate the solution by pulling on the faucet knob at the bottom of the screen. Evaporate
the liquid until it is at the level of the last line on the beaker. Does this increase or decrease
the concentration?
By evaporating the red-like mixture, the color becomes more darker resulting in
become darker red. If the evaporation lasts at the point where it evaporates
everything, it will have no concentration whatsoever but there are red-like salts as a
leftover from the evaporation. It increases the concentration of the mixture but, if
everything is completely evaporated, there is no concentration whatsoever.
4. Now remove water with the valve on the lower right. What happens to the concentration as
the quantity of water decreases? ____________________ Explain why. (Mention what is
happening to the quantity of solvent and solute)
If we were to decrease the quantity of water, the concentration wouldn’t change at all
except if all the water is removed, there would be no concentration. The color of the
solution won’t change but it is in a constant color. When the quantity of water
decreases, the solution also decreases just like how water is. The solute in the
solution when all the water is removed is still in the beaker and thus, no changes in
quantity of the solute.
5. In both instances above (where you added solvent and you evaporated solvent) did the
number of particles of solute change? Did the concentration of the solution change? Explain.
PART 2 – Dilution and Controlling the Concentration
Press Reset then Select CuSO4. Add enough to create a 0.5 Molar (mol/L) solution in the ½
liter of water originally in the beaker.
1. Show the calculation of the number of moles of in the beaker. (You may need the Equation
for Molarity, look it up.) Concentration = Mole/Volume
2. Predict the concentration if the solution is diluted to a volume of 1 liter. Show the
calculation of this concentration, include units in all your work.
3. After you make the calculation: Add water with the valve in the upper left until there is 1
liter of water in the beaker. What is the concentration? ____________ Does this match
your calculation? Yes or No.
4. Predict the concentration if the solution is now concentrated (by using evaporation) to a
volume of 0.75 liters (1/2 way between 0.5 liters and 1 liter). Show the calculation of this
concentration, include units in all your work.
5. After you make the calculation: Evaporate water with Evaporation Slider Bar at the
bottom until there is 0.75 liter of solution in the beaker. What is the concentration?
____________ Does this match your calculation? Yes or No
SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Adding solute (solid) to an unsaturated solution causes the concentration of the solution to:
INCREASE /DECREASE/ REMAIN UNCHANGED.
Adding pure water to a saturated solution will cause the concentration of the solution to:
INCREASE /DECREASE/ REMAIN UNCHANGED.
Extension Questions
6. Using the pictures below, tell me the order of the beakers from lowest to highest
concentration. Remember concentration represents the number of solute particles ( )
per volume of solution.
7. If this is our original beaker, which beaker in the picture above shows half the
concentration?
8. How would you describe the concentration of particles in beaker C in compared to
beaker B?
9. Summarize what concentration means using the terms solute, solvent and number of
particles.
10. Finally, give an example of something in your home that is concentrated that you dilute
before you use.
