Dilution is the process of making a concentrated solution less concentrated. There are a variety of reasons why one might want to perform a dilution. For example, biochemists dilute solutions from their concentrated form to create new solutions for use in their experiments. As a more casual type of dilution, bartenders often dilute hard liquor with a soft drink or juice to make a cocktail more palatable. For diluting solutions in lab experiments, the formal formula for calculating a dilution is C1V1 = C2V2, where C1 and C2 represent the concentrations of the initial and final solutions, respectively, and V1 and V2 represent their volumes.
This article was co-authored by Bess Ruff, MA. Bess Ruff is a Geography PhD student at Florida State University. She received her MA in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016. She has conducted survey work for marine spatial planning projects in the Caribbean and provided research support as a graduate fellow for the Sustainable Fisheries Group. This article has been viewed 372,514 times.
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