{"id":26145,"date":"2025-06-19T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=26145"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:36:10","slug":"in-the-laboratory-you-dissolve-16-4-g-of-aluminum-iodide-in-a-volumetric-flask-and-add-water-to-a-total-volume-of-500-ml-what-is-the-concentration-of-the-iodide-anion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/in-the-laboratory-you-dissolve-16-4-g-of-aluminum-iodide-in-a-volumetric-flask-and-add-water-to-a-total-volume-of-500-ml-what-is-the-concentration-of-the-iodide-anion\/","title":{"rendered":"In the laboratory you dissolve 16.4 g of aluminum iodide in a volumetric flask and add water to a total volume of 500 mL What is the concentration of the iodide anion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the laboratory you dissolve 16.4 g of aluminum iodide in a volumetric flask and add water to a total volume of 500 mL What is the concentration of the iodide anion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the <strong>concentration of the iodide anion (I\u207b)<\/strong>, we follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1: Write the formula of aluminum iodide<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The chemical formula is <strong>AlI\u2083<\/strong> (aluminum has a 3+ charge and iodide has a 1\u2212 charge, so they combine in a 1:3 ratio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 2: Molar mass of AlI\u2083<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Al: 26.98 g\/mol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I: 126.90 g\/mol \u00d7 3 = 380.70 g\/mol<br><strong>Molar mass of AlI\u2083 = 26.98 + 380.70 = 407.68 g\/mol<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3: Calculate moles of AlI\u2083<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moles&nbsp;of&nbsp;AlI\u2083=16.4\u2009g407.68\u2009g\/mol\u22480.04023\u2009mol\\text{Moles of AlI\u2083} = \\frac{16.4 \\, \\text{g}}{407.68 \\, \\text{g\/mol}} \\approx 0.04023 \\, \\text{mol}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 4: Dissociation of AlI\u2083 in water<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AlI\u2083&nbsp;(s)\u2192Al3+(aq)+3\u2009I\u2212(aq)\\text{AlI\u2083 (s)} \\rightarrow \\text{Al}^{3+} (aq) + 3 \\, \\text{I}^- (aq)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, each mole of AlI\u2083 produces <strong>3 moles of iodide ions (I\u207b)<\/strong>. Moles&nbsp;of&nbsp;I\u207b=0.04023\u2009mol\u00d73=0.1207\u2009mol\\text{Moles of I\u207b} = 0.04023 \\, \\text{mol} \\times 3 = 0.1207 \\, \\text{mol}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 5: Convert 500 mL to liters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>500\u2009mL=0.500\u2009L500 \\, \\text{mL} = 0.500 \\, \\text{L}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 6: Calculate concentration of I\u207b<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>[I\u207b]=0.1207\u2009mol0.500\u2009L=0.2414\u2009mol\/L\\text{[I\u207b]} = \\frac{0.1207 \\, \\text{mol}}{0.500 \\, \\text{L}} = 0.2414 \\, \\text{mol\/L}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 <strong>Final Answer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>[I\u207b]=0.241\u2009M\\boxed{\\text{[I\u207b]} = 0.241 \\, \\text{M}}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation (300 words):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the concentration of the iodide ion (I\u207b) in solution, we first look at the solute, <strong>aluminum iodide (AlI\u2083)<\/strong>. This compound dissociates completely in water, producing <strong>1 Al\u00b3\u207a ion and 3 I\u207b ions<\/strong> per formula unit. This 1:3 dissociation ratio is key to the calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we find how many <strong>moles<\/strong> of AlI\u2083 are present in the solution. Using the formula mass (molar mass) of AlI\u2083 \u2014 which is the sum of the atomic masses of aluminum (26.98 g\/mol) and three iodines (3 \u00d7 126.90 g\/mol) \u2014 we get <strong>407.68 g\/mol<\/strong>. By dividing the given mass (16.4 g) by this molar mass, we calculate the number of moles of AlI\u2083 to be about <strong>0.0402 mol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each mole of AlI\u2083 provides <strong>3 moles of iodide ions<\/strong>, so multiplying the moles of AlI\u2083 by 3 gives us <strong>0.1207 mol of I\u207b<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the concentration, we divide the number of moles of I\u207b by the volume of the solution in liters. Since 500 mL is equal to 0.500 L, we perform the division: 0.1207\u2009mol0.500\u2009L=0.2414\u2009mol\/L\\frac{0.1207 \\, \\text{mol}}{0.500 \\, \\text{L}} = 0.2414 \\, \\text{mol\/L}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the concentration of iodide ion in the solution is <strong>0.241 M<\/strong>, which expresses how many moles of I\u207b are present per liter of solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the laboratory you dissolve 16.4 g of aluminum iodide in a volumetric flask and add water to a total volume of 500 mL What is the concentration of the iodide anion? 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