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Reply Tue 7 May, 2013 07:39 am
calculate the volume of gas evolved at the anode after 5.00 minutes of electrolysis at a current setting of 0.0250 amps and assuming 100% current efficiency. Also assume 19 degree C and 1 atm pressure and neglect the water vapor pressure.
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Reply Tue 7 May, 2013 09:54 am
@meselu,
An Ampere is one coulomb of electrons per second.

So o.o250 amperes for 300 seconds (5 min) is 7.5 coulombs of electrons

Now for the electrolysis of water--the anode collects oxygen, the cathode hydrogen by the reaction H2O(l)-> H2(g)+1/2O2(g) by the two half cell reactions

2 H+(aq) + 2eāˆ’ ā†’ H2(g) (cathode)
and
2 H2O(l) ā†’ O2(g) + 4 H+(aq) + 4eāˆ’ (anode)

1 molecule of O2 needs 4 electrons---1 coulombs is about 6.2E+18 electrons, so 7.5 coulombsis about 4.65E+19 electrons--will a 100% anode efficiency this would produce 1.16E+19 molecules of O2(g) at the anode--

Convert this to moles (6.023E+23) molecules (1.16E+19/6.023E +23=1.9E-5 moles)

Finally the gas calculation. 1 mole of an ideal gas at STP (1 atm, 25C) has a volume of 22.4 liter so this amount of gas (1.9E-5 mole) is 4.4E-4 liter (0.42 ml) at STP. At 19C this is 0.41ml

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Reply Wed 8 May, 2013 01:19 am
@meselu,
your question must have a error in it
meselu
 
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Reply Wed 8 May, 2013 02:16 pm
@raprap,
thanks
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meselu
 
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Reply Wed 8 May, 2013 02:20 pm
@Toshith,
sorry, here is the anode equation:
2H2O(l) ----> O2(g)+4H+(aq)+4e-
Toshith
 
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Reply Tue 14 May, 2013 04:02 am
@meselu,
Thats right i will post you the answer ver soon
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