If a sulfuric acid solution is reported as $"3 Normal"$ , what is its molar concentration?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-17T09:51:10

Is $1.50*mol*L^-1$ with respect to $"sulfuric acid"....$

$"Normality"$ is an old-fashioned word, and refers to the number of equivalents of base an acid requires for neutrality...

Of course $"sulfuric acid"$ , and $"phosphoric acid"$ ARE diprotic acids...and will require 2 equiv of base for equivalence...

$H_2SO_4(aq) + 2NaOH(aq) rarr underbrace(Na_2SO_4(aq) + 2H_2O(l))_"a normal solution"$

$H_3PO_4(aq) + 2NaOH(aq) rarr underbrace(Na_2HPO_4(aq) + 2H_2O(l))_"a normal solution"$

And so if the sulfuric acid is reported at $3*N$ ...its actual concentration is $1.50*mol*L^-1$ ...

If a sulfuric acid solution is reported as "3 Normal""3 Normal", what is its molar concentration?