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Consider the electrolysis of molten barium chloride, BaCl2. (a) Write the half-reactions. (b) How many grams of barium metal can

Zielflug [23.3K]

Answer: a) Cathode(-): $Ba^+^2+2e^-\rightarrow Ba$

Anode(+): $2Cl^-\rightarrow Cl_2+2e^-$

b) 0.640 grams of Ba will be deposited.

Explanation: a) The problem is based on Faraday law of electrolysis. Molten barium chloride has $Ba^+^2$ ion and $Cl^-$ ion. Barium ion is reduced and chloride is oxidized. Reduction takes place at cathode and oxidation at anode. So, the half reactions will be:

Cathode(-): $Ba^+^2+2e^-\rightarrow Ba$

Anode(+): $2Cl^-\rightarrow Cl_2+2e^-$

b) The question asks, how many grams of barium metal can be produced by supplying 0.50 ampere for 30 minutes.

From the Cathode half-reaction, 1 mole of Ba is deposited by 2 moles of electrons and we know that 1 mole of electron carries one Faraday that is 96485 Coulomb.

Coulombs for 2 moles of electrons will be = 2*96485 C = 192970 C

So, we can say that, 192970 C will deposit 1 mole of Ba metal.

Total available coulombs can be calculated using the formula:

q=i*t

where, q is electric charge in coulomb, i is current in ampere and t is time in seconds.

$q=q=0.50A*30min(\frac{60sec}{1min})$

q = 900 C (note: 1 C = 1 A*sec)

Let's calculate how many moles of Ba will get deposited by 900 C.

$900C(\frac{1molBa}{192970C})$

= 0.00466 mole Ba

Convert the moles of Ba to grams and for this we multiply by molar mass of Ba which is 137.33 gram per mol.

$0.00466molBa(\frac{137.33g}{1mol})$

= 0.640 g Ba

So, 0.50 A for 30 minutes will deposit 0.640 grams of Ba metal.

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The total thermal energy of a system depends jointly on the temperature, total number of in the system _______________, and the

myrzilka [38]

Answer:

Molecules/State

Explanation:

We know from the kinetic molecular theory that matter is made up of molecules. These molecules are in constant motion at various velocities and energies.

The total thermal energy refers to the total kinetic energies of these particles. It depends on the temperature of the system, the energies of the molecules present in the material and the arrangement of the object's molecules (states of matter).

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What percentage of the mass of 1 mole of CH3Cl is derived from carbon?

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Answer:

Element Symbol Atomic weight Atoms Mass percent

Carbon C 12.0107 1 23.7894

Hydrogen H 1.00794 3 5.9892

Chlorine Cl 35.453 1 70.2213

Explanation:

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How does the abundance of various isotopes affect the atomic mass?

eduard

solution:

The quoted atomic mass on the Periodic Table is the WEIGHTED average of the individual isotopic masses. The higher the isotopic percentage, the MORE that isotope will contribute to the isotopic mass. For this reason, most masses that are quoted on the Table are non-integral.

By way of example we could look to the hydrogen atom. The VAST majority of hydrogen atoms (in this universe) are the protium isotope. i.e. 1H, whose nuclei contain JUST the defining proton. There is a smaller percentage (>1%) of hydrogen atoms WITH one NEUTRON in their nuclei to give the deuterium isotope. i.e. 2H, and because this is relatively cheap, and easily incorporated into a molecule, deuterium labelling is routinely used in analysis.

And there is even a smaller percentage of hydrogen atoms with TWO NEUTRONS in their nuclei, to give the tritium isotope. i.e. 3H. The weighted average of the isotopic percentages gives $1.00794⋅g⋅mol^{−1}$

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Hurry 50 points<br> What resource is often compromised due to mining?

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Answer:

soil, rocks, mountaintop, and streams.

Explanation:

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