Electrolytic Cells and Electrolysis
Electrolytic Cells and Electrolysis: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Electrolysis, Electrolytic Cells, Products of Electrolysis, Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis, Faraday's First Law of Electrolysis, Electrochemical Equivalent, and Faraday's Second Law of Electrolysis.
Important Questions on Electrolytic Cells and Electrolysis
Which of the following chemical equations are balanced:
(i)
(ii)

Consider the reaction :
The electricity in coulombs required to reduce 1 mol of would be:

On electrolysis of an aqueous solution of , the products released at cathode and anode are, respectively

A current of is passed through of solution of for with a current efficiency . Find out the molarity of after the deposition of . Assume the volume of the solution to remain constant during the electrolysis.

Calculate the quantity of electricity that would be required to reduce 12.3 g of nitrobenzene to aniline, if the current efficiency for the process is 50 per cent. If the potential drop across the cell is 3.0 volts, how much energy will be consumed?

In a fuel cell, hydrogen and oxygen react to produce electricity. In the process, hydrogen gas is oxidised at the anode and oxygen is reduced at the cathode. If of at react in minutes, what is the average current produced? If the entire current is used for electro deposition of copper from copper solution, how many grams of copper will be deposited?
Anode reaction:
Cathode reaction:

Chromium metal can be plated out from an acidic solution containing according to the following equation.
Determine the following :
(i) The amount of chromium that will be plated out by coulombs.
(ii) The time it will take to plate out of chromium by using current.

Chromium metal can be plated out from an acidic solution containing according to the following equation:
Calculate:
(i) The amount of chromium that will be plated out by .
(ii) The time it will take to plate out of chromium by using current.

An aqueous solution of on electrolysis gives according to the reaction:
A direct current of with a current efficiency of is passed through of solution ( by weight). The reaction taking place at the anode and the cathode are:
Reaction at anode:
Reaction at cathode:
The time it will take to produce of and the molarity of the solution with respect to hydroxide ion would be (if it is assumed that there is no loss because of evaporation):

Copper sulphate solution (250 mL) was electrolysed using a platinum anode and a copper cathode. A constant current of 2 mA was passed for 16 minutes. It was found that after electrolysis the absorbance of the solution was reduced to 50% of its original value. The concentration of copper sulphate in the solution at the beginning would be:

Electrolysis of a solution of in aqueous sulphuric acid is a method for the preparation of as per the reaction:
Passing a current of 27 A for 24 hours gives only 1 kg of The value of current efficiency would be:

The following electrochemical cell has been set up.
If an ammeter is connected between the two platinum electrodes, predict the direction of flow of current.

The charge in coulombs of 1 gram of ion

A dilute aqueous solution of is electrolyzed using platinum electrodes. The products at the anode and cathode are :

The electric charge for electrode deposition of one gram equivalent of a substance is:

Faraday’s laws of electrolysis are related to the:

Electrolysis of dilute aqueous solution was carried out by passing milli ampere current. The time required to liberate of gas at the cathode is :

In the electrolytic cell, flow of electrons is from:

At anode in the electrolysis of fused sodium chloride:

Aluminium oxide may be electrolysed at to give Al metal (at mass = 27 amu, 1F = 96,500 C). To prepare 5.12 kg of Al would require
