Chemistry GCSE
Concentration
What Concentration means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The number of moles of solute dissolved per cubic decimetre of solution, found by dividing the moles by the volume in dm³.
The amount of solute present in a given volume of solution.
Topics that use Concentration
- Atom economy (AQA GCSE)
- Concentration of solutions (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Addition reactions
- Atom economy
- Balanced equations
- Concentration and volume
- Concentration calculations
- Economic factors in industrial chemistry
- Evaluating competing reaction pathways
- Mass and volume relationships
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