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    This document provides information on basic electrolysis calculations: 1. It explains how to calculate the mass of nickel deposited from electrolysis using time, current, moles of electrons transferred, and faraday's constant. 2. It describes how to calculate the time required for electrolysis using the volume of hydrogen gas produced, moles of electrons transferred, and faraday's constant when current is given but not time. 3. It shows how to calculate the current when time is given but not current using the same approach as in 2.

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    This document provides information on basic electrolysis calculations: 1. It explains how to calculate the mass of nickel deposited from electrolysis using time, current, moles of electrons transferred, and faraday's constant. 2. It describes how to calculate the time required for electrolysis using the volume of hydrogen gas produced, moles of electrons transferred, and faraday's constant when current is given but not time. 3. It shows how to calculate the current when time is given but not current using the same approach as in 2.

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    C h e m g u id e – a n s w e r s

    BASIC ELECTROLYSIS CALCULATIONS

    1. a) Ni2+(aq) + 2e- Ni(s)

    (How do you know that the nickel ion has two charges? Because the name of the compound tells
    you.)

    b) Because you know both the time and the current, you can work out the number of coulombs
    involved in the experiment.

    Number of coulombs = current in amps x time in seconds


    = 0.30 x 15 x 60
    = 270

    From the equation you know that 1 mole of nickel is deposited by 2 faradays (2 moles of electrons).

    2 x 96500 coulombs gives 58.7 g Ni

    So 270 coulombs would give 270/(2 x 96500) x 58.7 g Ni


    = 0.082 g

    (You can’t quote this to any more significant figures because the current is only quoted to 2.)

    c) either: 4OH-(aq) 2H2O(l) + O2(g) + 4e-

    or: 2H2O(l) O2(g) + 4H+(aq) + 4e-

    d) You have already calculated the number of coulombs, so you don’t have to do that again.

    From the equation you know that 1 mole of oxygen is associated with 4 faradays (4 moles of
    electrons).

    4 x 96500 coulombs gives 24 dm3 of oxygen at rtp

    So 270 coulombs would give 270/(4 x 96500) x 24 dm3 of oxygen at rtp


    = 0.017 dm3

    (As before, don’t quote this to more than 2 significant figures.)

    2. a) You can’t work out the number of coulombs, because you don’t know the time. Instead, start
    with what you know everything about – the hydrogen. The equation for its formation is :

    2H+(aq) + 2e- H2(g)

    (Where there are lots of hydrogen ions present, this is the most likely equation, but you could use
    the alternative one if you wish.)

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    C h e m g u id e – a n s w e r s

    From the equation you know that 1 mole of hydrogen is produced by 2 faradays (2 moles of
    electrons).

    24 dm3 of hydrogen at rtp is produced by 2 x 96500 coulombs.

    The volume of hydrogen measured is given in cm3. You could either convert this to dm3 or convert
    the 24 dm3 into cm3. It doesn’t matter as long as your units are consistent. My personal choice
    would be:

    24000 cm3 of hydrogen at rtp is produced by 2 x 96500 coulombs

    100 cm3 of hydrogen is produced by 100/24000 x 2 x 96500 coulombs


    = 804 coulombs

    (Important! This isn’t the final answer, and so shouldn’t be rounded to the 2 significant figures that
    this questions would need. I am writing it down to one extra significant figure so that I can have a
    simple number to write down for the rest of the calculation. Ideally, just continue the calculation
    with the number on your calculator – in this case, 804.1666667. It is good practice not to round
    numbers until you have to – rounding errors can mount up in a long calculation, so much so that the
    final answer isn’t exactly what the examiners want.)

    Number of coulombs = current in amps x time in seconds


    804 = 2.0 x t
    t = 804/2.0
    = 400 secs (to 2 significant figures)

    b) All you are changing is the very end of the calculation.

    Number of coulomb = current in amps x time in seconds


    804 = i x 5 x 60
    i = 804/(5 x 60)
    = 2.7 amps (to 2 significant figures)

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