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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
How much chromium, nickel, and iron would you need to make a 500 kg batch of 18/8 stainless steel, which is steel made with 18% (m/m) chromium and 8% (m/m) nickel in iron?
The rubbing alcohol that is sold in pharmacies is usually a 70% (v/v) aqueous solution of isopropyl alcohol. What volume of isopropyl alcohol is present in a 500mL bottle of this solution?
Can you guys help me with these 2 questions please? And can you explain to me how and why you did what you did? 
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For the first one, you want to make a 500 kg compound containing:
18% Chromium
8% Nickel
The remaining is going to be Iron which is 100-(18+8)=74%
So to get the amounts you would use the formula for percent (m/m) which is mass of percent (m/m) =mass of solute/mass of solution X 100.
Reaarange this formula algebraically to solve for mass of solute. That leaves this formula:
mass of solute = (percent (m/m) X mass of solution)/ 100%