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    1 24-05-2012  20:04
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    electrolysis prob.
    hey i'm having trouble working this out, can anyone help ?
    what is the volume of gas given off at the catode and the volume of the gas given off at the anode when dilute hydrochloric acid is electrolysed for 18 hours using half a farrad of electricity.
    thanks xo
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    2 26-05-2012  13:52
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    Re: electrolysis prob.
    (Original post by silverose)
    hey i'm having trouble working this out, can anyone help ?
    what is the volume of gas given off at the catode and the volume of the gas given off at the anode when dilute hydrochloric acid is electrolysed for 18 hours using half a farrad of electricity.
    thanks xo
    Well, show us your attempt first.

    Start of by writing out the half equations and make use of faradays constant : 96500 C/mol
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