Assume that you have to prepare a 200 g salt solution, and the concentration must be 15 % by mass. How many grams of solute and water you must mix together.

170 g

Explanation:

w/w% concentration = mass of solute/ mass of solution * 100

mass of solute = x

mass of solution = 200 g

w/w% concentration =  15 % by mass

15 = x/200 * 100

15 = 100x/200

200 * 15 = 100x

x = 200 * 15/100

x = 2 * 15

x = 30g

But mass of solution = mass of solute + mass of solvent

mass of solute = 30g

mass of solvent = mass of solution  - mass of solute

mass of solvent = 200 g - 30 g

mass of solvent = 170 g

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.