1. You dissolve 17.

9 g of aluminum bromide in a volumetric flask and add H 2O to

a total volume of 250 ml. What is the formal molarity? What is the molarity of
Al cations? What is the molarity of Br anions?

17.9 g AlBr 3 1 mole

=0.067 moles AlBr 3
.
266.69 g
0.067 moles AlBr 3
=0.27 molarity
0.25 Litre
Then, we can calculate the molarity of Al cations by noticing that for 1 mole of AlBr3, there is 1 mole of Al atoms.
That means the molarity of Al cations = the molarity of AlBr3

0.067 moles AlBr 3 1 mole Al

=0.067 moles Al
.
1 mole AlBr 3
0.067 moles Al
=0.27 molarity Al
0.250 L
Finally, we can calculate the molarity of Br anions by seeing that for every 1 mole of AlBr3, there are 3 moles of Br
atoms. Therefore, the molarity of Br anions will be three times the molarity of AlBr3:

0.067 moles AlBr 3 3 mole Al

=0.20 moles Br
.
1 mole AlBr 3
0.20 moles Al
=0.80 molarity Br
0.250 L