A student prepares a standardized solution of sodium hydroxide by the following procedure. The student first prepares a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide using freshly distilled or deionized water. She measures about 5 mL with a graduated cylinder and dilutes to 1 L in a plastic bottle with freshly distilled or deionized water to make a solution that is about 0.1 M. To determine the exact concentration she puts the NaOH solution in a buret and titrates a carefully-weighed pre-dried solid acid of known molar mass. She records the volume of NaOH needed to neutralize it and repeats the process several times to determine the concentration of the NaOH solution. She calculates the concentration and uncertainty in the concentration of the NaOH from the titration data.
The concentration of saturated NaOH is 50.0% w/w and the density is 1.52 g/mL. If exactly 8.50 mL were diluted to 1.000 L, what would be the concentration?