Practice dilution problems for the Bio 201 practical 1. You do a dilution by combining 100 ml volume of MgCl plus 700 ml unit volumes of RO water. What is the dilution factor, i.e, how many more times dilute is it than the original concentration? 100 ml volume of + 700 ml of RO water = 8 total volumes.
A dilution solution contains solute (or stock solution) and a solvent (called diluent). These two components proportionally combine to create a dilution. You can identify a dilution solution by the amount of solute in the total volume, expressed as a proportion. For example, a chemical may be prepared in a 1:10 dilution of alcohol, indicating that a 10 mL bottle contains one milliliter of chemical and nine milliliters of alcohol. You can calculate the necessary volume of each component to prepare a dilution solution.