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1. If 0.25 g of kanamycin sulfate (mw = 582.60 g/mol) is dissolved in 50 ml of w

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Question

1. If 0.25 g of kanamycin sulfate (mw = 582.60 g/mol) is dissolved in 50 ml of water, what is the molar concentration? What is the % (w/v) concentration?

2. Luria-Bertani (LB) Broth is a rich media commonly used to grow bacteria in culture and on agar plates. For LB agar plates, the ingredients are weighed out, added to 1 liter of water, autoclaved, allowed to cool to 55-60 degrees C, and poured into plates. The recipe to prepare 1 liter of LB agar is shown below. For each ingredient added, calculate the final concentration % (w/v) in the plates.

10 g of tryptone

5 g of yeast extract

10 g of NaCl

15 g of agar

3. If 10 ml of ampicillin (10 mg/ml) is added to the LB agar recipe shown in question 2, what is the final concentration % (w/v) of ampicillin in the plates?

What is the final molar concentration of ampicillin (mw = 371.40 g/mol) in the plates?

4. The recipe for 100 ml of a gel electrophoresis loading dye is shown below. For each ingredient, calculate the final molar concentration and the final concentration % (w/v)

0.25 g of bromophenol blue (mw = 669.96 g/mol)

0.25 g of xylene cyanol (mw = 538.60 g/mol)

50.00 g of sucrose (mw = 342 30 g/mol)

1.00 ml of 1M Tris (mw = 121.1 g/mol) (pH 8.0)

Explanation / Answer

1)

mass,m = 0.25 g

number of mol,

n = mass/molar mass

=(0.25 g)/(582.6 g/mol)

= 4.291*10^-4 mol

volume , V = 50 mL

= 5*10^-2 L

Molarity,

M = number of mol / volume in L

= 4.291*10^-4/5*10^-2

= 8.58*10^-3 M

This is molar concentration

%(w/v) = mass * 100 / volume in ml

= 0.25 g * 100 / 50 mL

= 0.50 %

Answer:

8.58*10^-3 M

0.50 %

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