key term - Molar Concentration

Definition

Molar concentration is a measure of the amount of a solute (in moles) dissolved in a unit volume of solution (usually 1L). It's expressed in mol/L or M.

Related terms

Molarity:

This is another term for molar concentration, referring to the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.

Solute:

This is the substance that gets dissolved in a solution. In our lemonade analogy, this would be the squeezed lemon juice.

Solution:

A mixture where one substance (the solute) is evenly distributed within another substance (the solvent). The lemonade itself would be considered a solution.