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Important Questions on Electrochemistry

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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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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 3amp to deposit a 0.005mm thick layer of the same metal on an area of 80cm2 is closest to
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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 0.1 mol MnO42- is oxidized the quantity of electricity required to completely MnO42- to MnO4- 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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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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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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The quantity of electricity needed to separately electrolyse 1 M solution of ZnSO4, AlCl3 and AgNO3 completely is in the ratio of
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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 mL of 0.15 M solution of MSO4. Only 85% of the current was utilised for electrolysis. The molarity of MSO4 solution after electrolysis is closest to [Assume that the volume of the solution remain constant]
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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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A constant current (0.5 amp) is passed for 1 hour through (i) aqueous AgNO3 . (ii) aqueous CuSO4 and (iii) molten AlF3 , separately. The ratio of the mass of the metals deposited on the cathode is [MAg, MCu, MAl are molar masses of the respective metals]
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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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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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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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What time in sec is required for depositing all the silver present in 125 ml of 1 M AgNO3 solution by passing a current of 241.25 A (Given 1 F= 96500 C)
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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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Calculate the molarity of a solution containing 5g of NaOH dissolved in the product of a H2-O2 fuel cell operated at 1A current for 595.1 hours.

(Assume 1F=96500 C/mol of electrons and molecular weight of NaOH as 40g mol-1 )
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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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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)