Mass percentage
o These four beakers are not same . In 1 st beaker there is one drop of solute .
In 2 nd beaker there are two drops .
Whereas in 4 th beaker there are four drops of solute .
In 3 rd there are three drops of solute .
They are different from one another because they differ in their concentration .
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There are several ways to calculate the concentration of a solution quantitatively .
Mass percentage
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Mass percentage can be defined as the ratio of Mass of the component of the solution and total mass of the solution multiplied by 100 %.
Mathematically , Mass % of a
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Mass percentage of glucose in a 100g solution containing 10 g of glucose dissolved in 90 g ofwater is 10 %.
Mass % of glucose