Question

If you put 1g of soil into 9mL of water what is your dilution factor?

Answer 1

Answer: If you put a 1g of soil into 9ml of water, then dilution factor is 10.

Assume 1g of sample is equal to 1ml. Actually at normal conditions 1g may not be equal to 1ml and it is a arbitrary assignment which can be considered as a standard.

Dilution is a ratio of amount sample present to the total amount of material present.

So, 1/10 is dilution.

Dilution factor is a ratio of a final volume of material present to the initial volume of sample.

So, 10/1 =10. The dilution factor is 10.

The correct answer is 10.