Faraday's Law of Electrolysis

Before moving into Faraday's Law of Electrolysis, let's talk about electrochemistry and some terms related to it. Electrochemistry The branch of chemistry that deals with the study of relationship ...

Faraday’s Second Law of Electrolysis

SECOND LAW:This law states that ” the mass of a substance deposited or liberated at any electrode on passing a certain amount of charge is directly proportional to its equivalent weight of the subs...

Faraday's First Law of Electrolysis

Faraday's First Law of ElectrolysisThe mass of the substance (m) deposited or liberated at an electrode is directly proportional to the quantity of electricity or charge (Q) passed.In the mathemati...

Electrochemical series and its uses

Electrochemical Serieslist of elementsarranged in increasing order of their standard reduction potential valuesalso known as activity seriesLi    K    Ba    Ca    Na    Mg    Al    Zn    Cr    Fe  ...

Chemical Effect of Current

Electrolysis The process of decomposition of a molecule of compound into it's constituent positive and negative ions, when the current is passed through it is called electrolysis.The chemical or c...

Verification of First Law of Electrolysis

For the verification of first law of electrolysis, the following circuit arrangement is performed : It consists of an electrolyte in a voltameter containing two electrodes, anode and cathode which ...

Verification of Second Law of Electrolysis

For the verification of second law of electrolysis, the following experimental arrangement is performed:It consists of various voltameters say copper voltameter, silver voltameter and zinc voltamet...