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NCERT Class XII Chemistry
Chapter - Electrochemistry
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Question : 13 of 32
Marks: +1, -0
How much electricity in terms of Faraday is required to produce
(i) 20.0 g of Ca from molten CaCl2\mathrm{CaCl}_2?
(ii) 40.0 g of Al from molten Al2O3\mathrm{Al}_2\mathrm{O}_3?
Solution:  
(i) CaCl2Ca2++2Cl\mathrm{CaCl}_2 \rightarrow \mathrm{Ca}^{2+} + 2\mathrm{Cl}^{-}
or, Ca2++2e2 molCa1 mol (40 g)\mathrm{Ca}^{2+} + \underset{2\text{ mol}}{2e^{-}} \rightarrow \underset{1\text{ mol (40 g)}}{\mathrm{Ca}}
∵ 40 g of calcium needs = 2 mole of electrons
= 2 × 96500 coulombs
∴ 20 g of calcium needs = 96500 coulombs (1F).
Al2O32Al3++3O2\mathrm{Al}_2\mathrm{O}_3 \rightarrow 2\mathrm{Al}^{3+} + 3\mathrm{O}^{2-}
or, Al3++3e3 moleAl1 mole (27 g)\mathrm{Al}^{3+} + \underset{3\text{ mole}}{3e^{-}} \rightarrow \underset{1\text{ mole (27 g)}}{\mathrm{Al}}
∵ 27 g of aluminium needs = 3 mole of electrons
= 3 × 96500 coulombs
∴ 40.0 g of aluminium needs =3×96500×40.027\frac{3 \times 96500 \times 40.0}{27} coulombs
= 4.28888 × 105^{5}coulombs (4.44 F)
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