Interpretation of Faraday's Second Law

Author:Ramendra C Mukerjee
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Important Questions on Interpretation of Faraday's Second Law

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Electric current is passed through two cells 'A'  'B' in series. Cell 'A' contains an aqueous solution of Ag2SO4 and platinum electrodes. The cell  'B' contains an aqueous solution of CuSO4 and Cu electrodes. The current is passed till 1.6 g of oxygen is liberated at the anode of cell 'A'.

Calculate the quantities of substances deposited at the cathodes of the two cells.(Ag=108, Cu=63.5)

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Electric current is passed through two cells 'A' and 'B' in series. Cell 'A' contains an aqueous solution of Ag2SO4 and platinum electrodes. The cell ' B' contains aqueous solution of CuSO4 and Cu electrodes. The current is passed till 1.6 g of oxygen is liberated at the anode of cell 'A'.

Give equations for the reaction taking place at each electrode.

  

 

 

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For the electrolytic production of NaClO4 from NaClO3 as per reactions:

ClO3-+H2OClO4-+2H++2e-

What volume of H2 at STP would be liberated at the cathode in the time that it takes to form 12.25 g of NaClO4

 

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The aqueous solutions of the following substances were electrolysed. In which case, the pH of the solution does not change if inert electrodes are used?

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In which of the following aqueous solutions, H2 and O2 are not liberated at cathode and anode respectively on electrolysis using inert electrodes?

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Which of the following processes is used in the extraction metallurgy of Mg?

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In the electrolysis of H2O11.2 L of H2 was liberated at cathode at NTP. How much O2 will be liberated at anode under the same conditions?

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In a fuel cell, hydrogen and oxygen react to produce electricity. In the process, hydrogen gas is oxidised at the anode and oxygen at the cathode. If 67.2 litres of H2 at STP reacts in 15 minutes, what is the average current produced? If the entire current is used for electrodeposition of copper from Cu (II) solution, how many grams of copper will be deposited?

Anode reaction: H2+2OH-2H2O+2e-Cathode reaction: O2+2H2O+4e-4OH-

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An electric current is passed through a solution of

i silver nitrate 

ii a solution of 10 g of copper sulphate CuSO4 .5H2O crystals in 500 mL of water, with platinum electrodes being used in each case.

After 30 minutes, it was found that 1.307 g of silver has been deposited. What was the concentration of copper, expressed as grams of copper per liter, in the copper sulphate solution after electrolysis?

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0.2964 g of Cu was deposited on passage of a current of 0.5 amp for 30 min, through a solution of copper sulphate. Calculate the atomic weight of Cu.

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What current is required to pass 1 mole of electrons per hour through an electrolytic bath? How many grams of Al and Cd will be liberated by 1 mole of electrons?

(Atomic mass of Al=27, Cd=112.4)

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The water is electrolysed in a cell, hydrogen is liberated at one electrode and oxygen is simultaneously liberated at the other. In particular experiment hydrogen and oxygen so produced were collected together and the total volume measured 16.8 mL at NTP. How many coulombs were passed through the cell in the experiment?

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A current passes through two cells containing respectively-(i) CuSO4 solution between Cu electrode and (ii) AgNO3 solution between Pt electrodes. Calculate the loss or gain in weight of the different electrodes in the time in which 40 cc of oxygen at NTP collects in the second cell. 

First cell 0.228 g Cu deposited at cathode. 0.228 g Cu dissolved out from anode 

Second cell 0.778 g of Ag deposited at cathode. Weight of anode does not change. 

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In an electrolysis experiment, the current was passed for 5 h through two cells connected in series. The first cell contains a solution of gold and the second contains CuSO4 solution. 9.85 g of gold was deposited in the first cell. If the oxidation number of gold is +3, find the amount of Cu deposited on the cathode of the second cell. Also, calculate the magnitude of the current in amperes. 

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At the Nangal fertiliser plant in Punjab, hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water. This hydrogen is used for the production of ammonia and nitric acid (by oxidation of ammonia). If the average production of ammonium nitrate is 5000 kg/day, the daily consumption of electricity per day is x × 105

Give thevalue of x to the nearest integer value.

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A steady current passing through a solution of AgNO3 deposits 0.50 g of Ag in 1 h. Calculate the number of coulombs. What volume of hydrogen at 27°C and 750 mm pressure would the same current liberate in one hour?

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A spoon used as a cathode is dipped in AgNO3 solution and a current of 0.2 A is passed for one hour. Calculate

(a) how much silver plating has occurred?

(b) how many electrons were involved in the process?

(c) what amount of copper would have been plated under similar conditions?