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The additional voltage needed to carry out an electrochemical reaction at a certain rate is called overvoltage.

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Important Questions on Electrochemistry

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How long (approximate) should water be electrolysed by passing through 100 amperes current so that the oxygen released can completely burn 27.66 g of diborane? (Atomic weight of B=10.8 u)
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When 9.65 ampere current was passed for 1.0 hour into nitrobenzene in acidic medium, the amount of p-aminophenol produced is:
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A current of 10.0 A flows for 2.00 h through an electrolytic cell containing a molten salt of metal X. This results in the decomposition of 0.250 mol of metal X at the cathode. The oxidation state of X in the molten salt is:

F=96,500 C

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A solution of NiNO32 is electrolyzed between platinum electrode 0.1 Faraday electricity. How many mole of Ni will be deposited at the cathode?
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Some materials are given below:

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Write the chemical equation fo the reaction taking place at the cathode.

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108 g of silver (molar mass 108 gmol-1) is deposited at cathode from AgNO3aq solution by a certain quantity of electricity. The volume (in L) of oxygen gas produced at 273 K and 1 bar pressure from water by the same quantity of electricity is x10. Value of 'x' to the nearest integer is _____.
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A solution of NiNO32 is electrolyzed between platinum electrodes using a current of 5 amperes for 20 minutes. What mass of Ni is deposited at the cathode?
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One litre solution of MgCl2 is electrolyzed completely by passing a current of 1 A for 16 min 5 sec. The original concentration of MgCl2 solution was (Atomic mass of Mg=24)
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Two Faraday of electricity is passed through a solution of CuSO4 . The mass of copper deposited at the cathode is: (Atomic mass of Cu = 63.5 amu)
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During the electrolysis of molten sodium chloride, the time required to produce 0.10 mol of chlorine gas using a current of 3 amperes is
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The weight of silver (at.wt. =108) displaced by a quantity of electricity which displaces 5600 mL of O2 atSTP will be
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In the electrode of the first kind Cl2/Cl-, the electrode material Cl2 is a non-conductor. How can the electron transfer be carried out with the ion Cl-.
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When 0.1 mol MnO42- is oxidized the quantity of electricity required to completely MnO42- to MnO4- is
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Oxidation of succinate ion produces ethylene and carbon dioxide gases. On passing 0.2 Faraday electricity through an aqueous solution of potassium succinate, what is the total volume of gases (at both cathode and anode) at STP (1 atm and 273 K)?
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An aqueous solution of CuSO4 is subjected to electrolysis using inert electrodes. The pH of the solution will
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0.5F of electricity is passed through 500 mL of copper sulphate solution. The amount of copper which can be deposited will be
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The number of Faradays(F) required to produce 20 g of calcium from molten CaCl2 (Atomic mass of Ca=40 g mol1) is
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The number of electrons delivered at the cathode, during electrolysis by a current of 1 ampere in 60 seconds is (charge on electron =1.60×10-19 C)
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Some materials are given below:

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Which is the anode of this cell?

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What are galvanic cells? Explain the working of a galvanic cell with a neat sketch taking Daniel cell as example.