DILUTIONS!
Mix 2 solutions together… …they both get diluted. It’s ping pong balls in a bucket…
5 gallon bucket - Ping pong ball
5 gallon empty bucket - 5 Ping pong ball
Add 1 gallon of water What’s the “concentration of ping pong balls”? 5 PPB/gallon!
Add another gallon of water
5 gallon bucket - Ping pong ball
5 gallon empty bucket Add 5 ping pong balls and 2 baseballs.
Add 1 gallon of water What’s the “concentration of ping pong balls”? 5 PPB/gallon! What’s the concentration of baseballs? 5 BB/gallon
Add another gallon of water
If they are different molecules… The concentration gets calculated separately!
Suppose I have 2 Buckets!
Add 1 gallon of water 2 BB in 1 gallon of water! 2 BB/gal
Add 2 gallon of water 5 PPB in 2 gallons of water 2.5 PPB/gal
Suppose I mix the two bukets
And what if the objects are the same? They just add together!
Add 2 gallon of water 5 PPB in 2 gallons of water 2.5 PPB/gal
Add 2 gallon of water 3 PPB in 2 gallons of water 1.5 PPB/gal
Suppose I mix the two bukets
Same with chemical solutions… EXCEPT it’s usually Liters (or mL) of solvent… And it is MOLES! MOLES! MOLES! of solute
PING PONG BALLS IN A BUCKET!