The values on the label of a bottle of nitric acid are specific gravity 1.42 and assay 60%. Use these values to determine the molarity of the solution. Show your work.
lets start with a liter of that stuff.
mass is 1420 grams,
sixty percent is acid, or .6*1420=?
the remainder is water.
molarity=molesacid/volumesolution
= acid mass/molmassHNO3 / 1 liter