Applications of Electrolysis

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Applications of Electrolysis: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Extraction of Metals of High Reactivity, Applications of Electrolysis, Electrorefining of Metals, Separation of Pure Copper Sulphate from Impure Copper Sulphate, and Extraction of Aluminum.

Important Questions on Applications of Electrolysis

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Explain gold plating with the help of neat labelled diagram?

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The electrolyte commonly used in the electroplating of gold is Sodium argentocyanide:

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The electrolytes commonly used in the electroplating of silver and gold are:

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List the conditions to kept in mind while doing gold plating.

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List the conditions to kept in mind while doing silver plating.

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Name the electrolyte taken to perform silver plating.

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Faraday's of electricity required to reduce 1 mole of MnO4- ions to Mn2+:

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Electrolysis of aqueous solution of NaCl is carried out in two separate electrolytic cells A & B using same amount of charge.
In cell A, Pt is used as electrodes. In cell B, Pt is used as anode while Hg is used as cathode.
A greenish yellow gas is evolved with colourless paramagnetic gas in molar ratio 3:1 at anode in cell
A, while only greenish yellow gas is evolved at anode in cell B. Determine ratio of total volumes of gases evolved in cells B to A during the entire electrolysis.

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Name the metal each which is extracted by electrolytic reduction. (Sodium / Zinc / Magnesium)