A student wants to conduct an experiment requiring 500 ml of a 3 M sulfuric acid 18 M concentrated sulfuric acid is available. How could the student prepare the desired solution. Throught mv=mv I got he could prepare through a initial volume of 83.3 ml. How much solid sodium hydroxide is needed to neutralize the 500 ml of 3 M acid in problem above. Answer probably needs a balanced equation.