Calculate the equilibrium potential of a copper wire immersed in 0.0005 M CuSO4 solution. The standard electrode potential for t
he reaction Cu2+ + 2e- = Cu0 at 25°C is 0.34 V (NHE). Now, answer the following questions and enter your results (numerical number only). Calculate the ionic strength (M) of the solution.
1 answer:
Answer:
0.24V
Explanation:
First we must obtain the ionic strength of the solution I as shown in the image attached. This ionic strength can now be used to obtain the activity coefficient of the ions in solution by substitution of the value of the ionic strength obtained previously and the charge of the ion (Cu2+) into the equation for activity coefficient.
The activity of an ion is defined as the product of its activity coefficient and its concentration. This activity of copper II ion is now substituted into the Nernst equation to obtain the equilibrium potential required in the question.
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Answer:
a) Percentage by mass of carbon: 18.3%
Percentage by mass of hydrogen: 0.77%
b) Percentage by mass of chlorine: 80.37%
c) Molecular formula:
Explanation:
Firstly, the mass of carbon must be determined by using a conversion factor:
The same process is used to calculate the amount of hydrogen:
The percentage by mass of carbon and hydrogen are calculated as follows:
%C= 18.3%
%H=0.77%
From the precipation data it is possible obtain the amount of chlorine present in the compound:
= 0.43g AgCl
Let's calculate the percentage by mass of chlorine:
%Cl== 80.37%
Assuming that we have 100g of the compound, it is possible to determine the number of moles of each element in the compound:
Dividing each of the quantities above by the smallest (0.77mol), the subscripts in a tentative formula would be
≈ 2
≈3
The empirical formula for the compound is:
The mass of this empirical formula is:
mass of C + mass of H + mass of Cl= 24g +1+ 106.35 =131.35g
This mass matches with the molar mass, which means that the supscript in the molecular formula are the same of the empirical one.