8.5 - HL: Electrolysis Calculations (Faraday's Laws)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does electrolysis use to drive a chemical reaction?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what is needed to initiate non-spontaneous reactions.

Question 2

Easy

What is Faraday's First Law?

πŸ’‘ Hint: It relates mass to electricity.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the primary driving force of electrolysis?

  • Heat
  • Pressure
  • Electrical Energy

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what is used to initiate the process.

Question 2

True or False: Faraday's Second Law states that the same quantity of charge will always produce the same mass of products in different reactions.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how different substances may behave.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Calculate the amount of aluminum deposited when a 15 A current is passed for 25 minutes through an aqueous aluminum sulfate solution.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Don't forget that aluminum requires 3 moles of electrons to deposit 1 mole.

Question 2

Determine the volume of hydrogen gas produced at STP from the electrolysis of water using a 4 A current flowing for 2 hours.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Water decomposition requires 2 moles of electrons per mole of hydrogen produced.

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