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 F4.  CONCENTRATION OF A SOLUTION - strictly AMOUNT CONCENTRATION, c 

The physical quantity concentration (c) relates the amount of substance (n) present in a solution and the volume (V) of that solution.  By definition:

2022_solution_concentration_amount_ncV_v

This is not the only way to express the concentration of a solution and others may assume importance depending on the situation: mass concentration, parts per million (ppm), % (w/w) are just three examples.

Formerly, the litre was not strictly the same as a volume expressed in cubic decimetres but, working to 4 s.f.,
it made no diference.  Following a re-definition, their equivalence is now recognized within SI; use of the litre
is widespread in the USA  and, for example, in medicine and pharmacology.  And so  mole per litre  or  mol
/ L  are perfectly acceptable; these may even be preferable if there are issues dealing with indices.

Upper case L as the unit symbol for litre is permitted by S.I. due to possible misinterpretation of the lower case 'l' in some typefaces, particularly sans-serif fonts, and when handwriting.

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