Electrolytic (Electrolysis) Cells Problems

1. Copper metal (63.5 g/mol) is purified by electrolysis. How much copper metal (in
grams) could be produced from copper(II) oxide by applying a current of 10.0 A at the
appropriate negative potential for 12.0 hours?

2. How long would it take to electroplate a flute with 28.3 g of silver (108 g/mol) at a
constant current of 2.0 amps using AgNO3?

3. How many grams of aluminum metal (27 g/mol) can be produced by the electrolysis
of Al2O3 using a current of 100 amperes for 24 hours?

4. If in using a lead-acid battery to start a car, 1.00 gram of Pb (207.2 g/mol) is consumed
on the anode, how long will it take to recharge the battery, using a current of 0.500
amperes to turn the PbSO4 that was produced back into Pb?

5. Chromium often is electroplated on other metals and even plastics to produce a shiny
metallic appearance. How many grams of chromium (52 g/mol) would plate out from
a solution of Cr(NO3)3 when 10 amps of current are passed through the electrolytic cell
for 5.36 hours?

6. Suppose an aluminum (27 g/mol) beer can weighs 40.0 g. For how long would a current
of 100.0 A need to be passed through a molten AlF3 electrolysis cell to produce enough
aluminum to replace a discarded beer can?
 Galvanic (Voltaic) Cells Problems
1. Regarding the following reaction:
F2 (g) + 2 I- (aq)  2 F-(aq) + I2 (s)

a. List the species being oxidized:______ List the species being reduced:_____

b. Calculate Eo for this cell.

c. Which species receives electrons from the anode?_____

d. Which species donates electrons to the cathode?______

2. Given the following half-reactions:

Co+2 + 2e-  Co Eo = -0.277 V

Ce+4 + e-  Ce+3 Eo = 1.61 V

a. Write the overall equation for the galvanic cell. Be sure to balance the number of
electrons.

b. Calculate the Eo for the cell.

c. Designate which ½ reaction occurs...

at the anode : _______________________

at the cathode: : _______________________

d. Describe the direction of electron flow.

3. Find the following using a voltaic cell with the line notation: Al(s)|Al3+||Pb2+|Pb(s)

a. Calculate the Eo for the reaction.

b. Write the balanced overall REDOX equation for the galvanic cell.
4. Using standard reduction potentials, calculate the cell potential (Eo) for each of the
following reactions:

a. H2 (g) + I2 (s)  2H+(aq) + 2I-(aq)

b. Ni(s) + 2Ce+4(aq)  Ni+2(aq) + 2Ce+3(aq)

5. For the following voltaic cell:

Fe(s)  1.00 M FeCl2 (aq)  1.00 M CuCl2 (aq)  Cu(s)

(a). Draw a picture of the cell. Include a salt bridge in your picture.
(b). Write the cell half-reactions.
(b). Label one half-reaction as the oxidation, the other as the reduction.
(c). Label on half-reaction as the cathode, the other the anode.
(d). Label the direction of electron flow, and label one electrode as the cathode and
the other electrode as the anode.
(e). Write the overall cell reaction.
(f). Determine the standard voltage (Eo) for the battery

6. Find the following using a voltaic cell containing Cr(s)/Cr3+(aq) along with Co(s)/Co2+(aq)

a. Write the overall equation for the galvanic cell and calculate the Eo for the cell.

b. Draw and describe all parts of the cell.