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Lesson: Chapter 3 — Mixtures

Making a standard solution 1 of 5

Question 1

What is a standard solution?

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A solution whose concentration is known very accurately. Every solution has a concentration; what makes one standard is that the concentration is known accurately.

A standard solution is used to measure other things, so an error in its own concentration passes into every result obtained with it. It is a ruler, and a ruler with the wrong markings is worse than none.

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