Question

An analytical chemist determines that an estuarine water sample contains 1.5 g/L of sulfate ion. What is the 
concentration in terms of (a) g/L of S (b) molar concentration of sulfate (c) normality (d) parts per million of sulfate



Answer 1

a) what fraction of Sulfate is S?

b) what is the mole mass of SO4?

c) What is the equivalents of SO4^-2

d) how many million water molecuses are there? How many sulfate ions are there?