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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Electrochemistry

The number of Faradays required to completely deposit magnesium from \(1 \mathrm{~L}\) of \(0.1 \mathrm{M} \mathrm{MgCl}_2\) aq. solution is

  1. A \(0.2\)
  2. B \(2\)
  3. C \(0.1\)
  4. D \(0.4\)
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(A) \(0.2\)

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\(\begin{aligned} & \text {} \mathrm{MgCl}_2 \rightarrow \mathrm{Mg}^{2+}+2 \mathrm{Cl}^{-} \\ & \mathrm{Mg}^{2+}+2 \mathrm{e}^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{Mg} \text { (s) } \end{aligned}\) 2 moles of \(\mathrm{e}^{-}\)are required to deposit 1 mole of \(\mathrm{Mg}(\mathrm{s})\).…