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In the electrolysis of water, one faraday of electrical energy would liberate

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a

one gram atom of oxygen

b

8 g oxygen

c

one mole of oxygen

d

22.4 lit. of oxygen

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

According to the definition 1 F or 96500 C is the charge carried by 1 mol of electrons when water is electrolysed
2H2O4H++O2+4e
So, 4 Faraday of electricity liberate = 32 g of O2.
Thus 1 Faraday of electricity liberate

=324g  of   O2=8g   of  O2

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