You are required to prepare 500 ml of a 6.00 M solution of HNO3 from a stock solution of 12.0 M. Describe in detail how you would go about preparing this solution. Clearly state the volume of stock solution used, the glassware's used and the procedure.

250 ml of stock solution with molarity of 12.0 M is measured using a pipette and 250 ml of water is added to volumetric flask of 500 ml to make the final volume of 500 ml.

Explanation:

According to the dilution law,

where,

= concentration of stock solution = 12.0 M

= volume of stock solution = ?

= concentration of diluted solution= 6.00 M

= volume of diluted acid solution = 500 ml

Putting in the values we get:

Thus 250 ml of stock solution with molarity of 12.0 M is measured using a pipette and 250 ml of water is added to volumetric flask of 500 ml to make the final volume of 500 ml.