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Solute saturationRunning
Solution beaker. Salt mass at 16 g. Mass fraction 0.064 , Required fraction 0.2 . Currently mass fraction is short by 0.136.TUNINGsalt mass 16 g
t = 0.0s

Mass fraction

0.064

Required fraction

0.2

Mass fraction is short by 0.136

16 g

Solution beaker. Salt mass at 16 g. Mass fraction 0.064 , Required fraction 0.2 . Currently mass fraction is short by 0.136.

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 20% salt by mass, the batch holds 250 g of solution, and the salt mass is wrong.