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Solute saturationRunning
Solution beaker. Salt mass at 16 g. Mass fraction 0.06 , Required fraction 0.36 . Currently mass fraction is short by 0.296.TUNINGREQUIRED FRACTIONMASS FRACTION16 G · 0.06
t = 0.0s

Mass fraction

0.06

Required fraction

0.36

16 g

Solution beaker. Salt mass at 16 g. Mass fraction 0.06 , Required fraction 0.36 . Currently mass fraction is short by 0.296.

What has to balanceS=msolutemsolutionS = \frac{m_{solute}}{m_{solution}}

What is happening

You are called to a brine tank feeding an ice-road de-icing rig.

The rig is running on the wrong brine. It needs a solution that is 36% salt by mass, the batch holds 250 g of solution, and the salt mass is wrong.