Does Change in NaCl Concentration Indicate Ion Quantity?

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For instance I have NaCl. I found a relationship between conductivity of NaCl in water and concentration of NaCl in the water. It's; conductivity is approx 0.5 concentration

Is it correct that the change in concentration gives the number of ions?

For example say I start off with conductivity of 100 microsiemens/cm and a concentration of 50 mg/L for the NaCl. At the end let's say I have 50 microsiemens/cm and a concentration of 25 mg/L.

25 mg/L = 0.025 g/L = 4.3 x 10^-4 Mol/L = 4.3 x 10^-4 M using the molar mass of NaCl of 58.44 g/Mol

Is the change in ion concentration 25 mg/L = 4.3 x 10^-4 M?

Or can you get an "actual" number change for example a change of 1000 ions let's say. Or is change in ion concentration always generally put in terms of M?

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leviathanX777 said:
I found a relationship between conductivity of NaCl in water and concentration of NaCl in the water. It's; conductivity is approx 0.5 concentration

Have you ever heard about units?

leviathanX777 said:
Is it correct that the change in concentration gives the number of ions?

No idea what you are talking about, but no.

For example say I start off with conductivity of 100 microsiemens/cm and a concentration of 50 mg/L for the NaCl. At the end let's say I have 50 microsiemens/cm and a concentration of 25 mg/L.

25 mg/L = 0.025 g/L = 4.3 x 10^-4 Mol/L = 4.3 x 10^-4 M using the molar mass of NaCl of 58.44 g/Mol

Is the change in ion concentration 25 mg/L = 4.3 x 10^-4 M?

Or can you get an "actual" number change for example a change of 1000 ions let's say. Or is change in ion concentration always generally put in terms of M?

Sorry, what you wrote makes completely no sense to me.