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The same amount of electricity was passed through two separate electrolytic cells containing solutions of nickel nitrate and chromium nitrate respectively.

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The same amount of electricity was passed through two separate electrolytic cells containing solutions of nickel nitrate and chromium nitrate respectively. If 2.935 g of Ni was deposited in the first cell. The amount of Cr deposited in the another cell?
Given: molar mass of Nickel and chromium are 58.74 and 52 gm−1 respectively.

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Solution

\[\ce{Ni^{2+}_{( aq)} + 2e^- -> Ni_{(s)}}\]

\[\ce{Cr^{2+}_{( aq)} + 3e^- -> Cr_{(s)}}\]

The above reaction indicates that a 2F charge is required to deposit 58.7 g of Nickel from nickel nitrate and 3F charge is required to deposit 52 g of chromium.

Given that 2.935 gram of Nickel is deposited

∴ The amount of charge passed through the cell = `(2"F")/(58.7  "g") xx 2.935  "g"`

= 0.1F

∴ If 0.1F charge is passed through chromium nitrate the amount of chromium deposited

= `(52  "g")/(3"F") xx 0.1"F"`

= 1.733 g

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Chapter 9: Electro Chemistry - Evaluation [Page 67]

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Samacheer Kalvi Chemistry - Volume 1 and 2 [English] Class 12 TN Board
Chapter 9 Electro Chemistry
Evaluation | Q 20. | Page 67
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