JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Department of Chemistry
Chemistry with Problem Solving- II
Worksheet 2 Electrochemistry
Some constants:
Faraday constant F = 96,485 C/mol;
R = 8.314 J/mol.K = 0.08206 L.atm/mol.K
1 bar = 0.9869 atm

1. A voltaic cell with a basic aqueous background electrolyte is based on the oxidation of
Cd(s) to Cd(OH)2 (s) and the reduction of MnO4- to MnO2 (s).
a. Write the half-cell reactions for the cells anode and cathode.
b. Write a balanced cell reaction.
c. Diagram the cell.
2. The positive terminal of a voltaic cell is the cathode. However, the cathode of an
electrolytic cell is connected to the negative terminal of a power supply. Explain this
difference in polarity.
3. A quantity of electricity equal to 9.263 x 104 C passes through a galvanic cell that has a
Ni(s) anode. Compute the maximum chemical amount (in moles) of Ni2+ (aq) that can be
released into solution.
4. A quantity of electric charge deposits 0.732 g of Ag(s) from an aqueous solution of
silver nitrate. When that same quantity of charge is passed through a solution of a gold
salt, 0.446 g of Au(s) is formed. What is the oxidation state of the gold ion in the salt?
5. Nuclear submarines can stay under water nearly indefinitely because they can produce
their own oxygen by the electrolysis of water.
a. How many liters of O2 can be produced at 298K and 1.00 bar in 1 hour in an
electrolytic cell operating at a current of 0.025A?
b. Could seawater be used as the source of oxygen in this electrolysis? Why/why
not?

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Department of Chemistry
Chemistry with Problem Solving- II
Worksheet 2 Electrochemistry
6. Calculate the standard reaction Gibbs Free energy for the following cell reactions:

(a) 2 Ce4+ (aq) + 3 I- (aq)

2 Ce3+ (aq) + I3- (aq)

(b) 6 Fe3+ (aq) + 2 Cr3+ (aq) + 7 H2O (l)

+ 14 H+ (aq) Eocell = - 1.29 V

Eocell = 1.08 V

6 Fe2+ (aq) + Cr2O72- (aq)

7. How much time is required to electroplate 1.50 g of silver from silver nitrate solution by
using a current of 13.6 mA?

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22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

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10.811

13

Beryllium

9.012182

Lithium

6.941

Barium

Radium

(226)

Francium

(223)

Hafnium

89
(227)

Actinium

Ac
(261)

Rutherfordium

Rf

104

178.49

Lanthanum

138.9055

Hf

72

91.224

Zirconium

Zr

40

La

39

47.867

Titanium

Manganese

Mn

Protactinium

Thorium

Uranium

92

232.0381 231.03588 238.0289

91

Pa

90

Th

144.24

Praseodymium Neodymium

140.116 140.90765

Cerium

60

Nd

59

Pr

58

Ce

Bohrium

Bh

107

186.207

Rhenium

Re

75

(98)

Technetium

Tc

43

(262)

Seaborgium

Sg

106

183.84

Tungsten

74

95.94

Molybdenum

Mo

42

51.9961 54.938049

Chromium

Cr

(263)

(262)

Dubnium

Db

105

180.9479

Tantalum

Ta

73

92.90638

Niobium

Nb

41

50.9415

Vanadium

1995 IUPAC masses and Approved Names from http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/AtWt/

masses for 107-111 from C&EN, March 13, 1995, p. 35
112 from http://www.gsi.de/z112e.html

88

Ra

87

Fr

132.90545 137.327

Cesium

57

56

87.62

Ba

Strontium

Rubidium

85.4678

55

Yttrium

88.90585

Sr

Rb

Cs

38

37

Scandium

44.955910

Calcium

40.078

Potassium

39.0983

Sc

20

Ca

19

Ti

(244)

Plutonium

Neptunium

94

150.36

Samarium

Sm

62

(266)

Meitnerium

Mt

109

192.217

Iridium

Ir

77

102.90550

Rhodium

Rh

45

Pu

(237)

Nickel

Ni

Gold

Au

79

107.8682

Silver

Ag

47

63.546

Copper

Cu

(243)

Americium

Am

95

151.964

Europium

Eu

63

(269)

110

(247)

Curium

Cm

96

157.25

Gadolinium

Gd

64

(272)

111

195.078 196.96655

Platinum

Pt

78

106.42

Palladium

Pd

46

58.933200 58.6934

Cobalt

Co

Np

93

(145)

Promethium

Pm

61

(265)

Hassium

Hs

108

190.23

Osmium

Os

76

101.07

Ruthenium

Ru

44

55.845

Iron

Fe

(247)

Berkelium

Bk

97

158.92534

Terbium

Tb

65

(277)

112

200.59

Mercury

Hg

80

112.411

Cadmium

Cd

48

65.39

Zinc

Zn

Aluminum

Silicon

Si

14

12.0107

Carbon

Phosphorus

15

14.00674

Nitrogen

(251)

Californium

Cf

98

162.50

Dysprosium

Dy

66

113

204.3833

Thallium

Tl

81

114.818

Indium

In

49

69.723

Gallium

Ga

31

(252)

Einsteinium

Es

99

164.93032

Holmium

Ho

67

114

207.2

Lead

Pb

82

118.710

Tin

Sn

50

72.61

Germanium

Ge

32

(257)

Fermium

Fm

100

167.26

Erbium

Er

68

208.98038

Bismuth

Bi

83

121.760

Antimony

Sb

51

74.92160

Arsenic

As

33

26.981538 28.0855 30.973761

Magnesium

Sodium

22.989770 24.3050

Al

12

Mg

11

Na

Boron

Be

Li

9
Fluorine

10
Neon

Ne

(258)

Mendelevium

Md

101

168.93421

Thulium

Tm

69

(209)

Polonium

Po

84

127.60

Tellurium

Te

52

78.96

Selenium

Se

34

32.066

Sulfur

16

(259)

Nobelium

No

102

173.04

Ytterbium

Yb

70

(210)

Astatine

At

85

126.90447

Iodine

53

79.904

Bromine

Br

35

35.4527

Chlorine

Cl

17

(262)

Lawrencium

Lr

103

174.967

Lutetium

Lu

71

(222)

Radon

Rn

86

131.29

Xenon

Xe

54

83.80

Krypton

Kr

36

39.948

Argon

Ar

18

15.9994 18.9984032 20.1797

Oxygen

Helium

4.003

Hydrogen

1.00794

He

The Periodic Table of the Elements

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Department of Chemistry
Chemistry with Problem Solving- II
Worksheet 2 Electrochemistry

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