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Potassium chlorate is prepared by the electrolysis of $KCl$ in basic solution

$6 {OH}^{-} + {Cl}^{-} ⟶ {ClO}_{3}^{-} + 3 H_{2} O + 6 e^{-}$

If only $60 %$ of the current is utilized in the reaction, the time (rounded to the nearest hour) required to produce $10 g$ of ${KClO}_{3}$ using a current of $2 A$ is..........

(Given : $F = 96, 500 C {mol}^{- 1};$ molar mass of ${KClO}_{3} = 122 g {mol}^{- 1}$ )

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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 (

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and

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The density of metal and equivalent weight of a metal are

10.5 g {cm}^{- 3}

and

100

, respectively. The time required for a current of

3 amp

to deposit a

0.005 mm

thick layer of the same metal on an area of

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is closest to

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How long (approximate) should water be electrolysed by passing through

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27.66 g

of diborane? (Atomic weight of

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The weight of silver (at.wt.

= 108

) displaced by a quantity of electricity which displaces

5600 m L

O_{2}

STP

will be

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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

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)

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A solution of

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is electrolyzed between platinum electrode

0.1

Faraday electricity. How many mole of

N i

will be deposited at the cathode?

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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:

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The number of Faradays(F) required to produce

20 g

of calcium from molten

{CaCl}_{2}

(Atomic mass of

Ca = 40 g {mol}^{- 1}

) is

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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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For electroplating,

1.5 amp

current is passed for

250 s

through

250 m L of 0.15 M

solution of

M S O_{4} .

Only

85 %

of the current was utilised for electrolysis. The molarity of

M S O_{4}

solution after electrolysis is closest to [Assume that the volume of the solution remain constant]

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When

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is oxidized the quantity of electricity required to completely

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A constant current (0.5 amp) is passed for 1 hour through (i) aqueous

A g N O_{3}

. (ii) aqueous

C u S O_{4}

and (iii) molten

A l F_{3}

, separately. The ratio of the mass of the metals deposited on the cathode is

[M_{Ag}, M_{Cu}, M_{Al}

are molar masses of the respective metals

]

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An acidic solution of dichromate is electrolysed for $8$ minutes using $2$ A current. As per the following equation

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The amount of ${Cr}^{3 +}$ obtained was $0.104 g$ . The efficiency of the process $(in %)$ is (Take : $F = 96000 C$ , At. mass of chromium $= 52$ )

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108 g

of silver (molar mass

108 g {m o l}^{- 1}

) is deposited at cathode from

{A g N O}_{3} (a q)

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

\frac{x}{10}

. Value of

' x'

to the nearest integer is _____.

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Potassium chlorate is prepared by the electrolysis of

KCl

in basic solution

6 {OH}^{-} + {Cl}^{-} \to {ClO}_{3}^{-} + 3 H_{2} O + 6 e^{-}

. If only

60 %

of the current is utilized in the reaction, the time (rounded to the nearest hour) required to produce

10 g

{KClO}_{3}

using a current of

2 A

\dots \dots . .

(Given :

F = 96, 500 C

mol

; molar mass of

{KClO}_{3} = 122 g {mol}^{- 1}

)

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0.5 F

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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solution of

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completely is in the ratio of

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A solution of

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is electrolyzed between platinum electrodes using a current of

5

amperes for

20

minutes. What mass of

N i

is deposited at the cathode?

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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

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Two Faraday of electricity is passed through a solution of

C u S O_{4}

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