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Dilution is the process of making a concentrated solution less concentrated. There are a variety of reasons why one might want to perform a dilution. For example, biochemists dilute solutions from their concentrated form to create new solutions for use in their experiments. As a more casual type of dilution, bartenders often dilute hard liquor with a soft drink or juice to make a cocktail more palatable. For diluting solutions in lab experiments, the formal formula for calculating a dilution is C1V1 = C2V2, where C1 and C2 represent the concentrations of the initial and final solutions, respectively, and V1 and V2 represent their volumes.
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