ML Solve.
Total Dissolved Solids in
1 Liter of Solution
fresh
< 1,000 mg
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9. The mass of substances left in a sample
after the liquid is evaporated is called
the total dissolved solids. Kim split up
2 liters of water into three different
samples and boiled all the liquid away
in each. The masses of solids left in the
three samples were 2.025 grams, 457 mg,
and 589 mg. Using the table at the right,
how should Kim classify the water?
brackish
1,000 to 10,000 mg
saline
> 10,000 mg