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The alcohol content of hard liquor is normally given in terms of the which is defined as twice the percentage by volume of ethanol (C2H5OH) present. Calculate the number of grams of alcohol present in 1.00 L of 87 proof gin. The density of ethanol is 0.798 g/mL.

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Preview: ... antity. You can use that and the "percent to proof" ratio to find the volume (in ml) of the ethanol portion of the original liter. Then use the density to calculate the mass of "that volume" of ethanol. So your equations look like: 87 proof / 2 = 43.5 % .43 ...

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Posted on Feb 03, 2009 at 03:16:33PM

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Preview: ... 1.00L , the volume of ethanol = 43.5% x 1.00L = 0.435L = 0 ...

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