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EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Tacloban City
College of Engineering

CHEM 114
Chemistry for Engineers
QUIZ NO. 2:
ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY

Multiple Choice (1 point each)

1. Reduction reaction means ________.


a. a process of adding oxygen b. a process of removing hydrogen
c. a process of adding electron d. a process of removing electron
2. Which substance is oxidizing agent?
a. a substance donates hydrogen or accepts oxygen
b. a substance donates oxygen or accepts hydrogen
c. a substance experience oxidation
d. a substance donates electron
3. Which substance get oxidized in the reaction: 2 Al ( s )+ Cr2 O 3 ( aq ) → Al2 O 3 ( aq ) +2Cr ( s ) ?
a. Al b. Al2O3 c. Cr2O3 d. Cr
4. What is the oxidation number of chromium in CrO5, K2Cr2O7, K2CrO5, respectively?
a. +7, +5, +6 b. +8, +7, +6 c. +9, +6, +7 d. +10, +6, +6
5. What is the maximum positive oxidation state of halogen element in any of its
compound?
a. +6 b. +3 c. +7 d. +5
6. Which equation is suitable to calculate the value of E°cell?
a. E°cell = E°red(anode) + E°red(cathode)
b. E°cell = E°oxi(cathode) + E°oxi(anode)
c. E°cell = E°oxi(anode) - E°oxi(cathode)
d. E°cell = E°oxi(anode) + E°red(cathode)
7. On which of the following cell potential of the cell does not depend?
a. Temperature
b. Concentration of the Salt Bridge
c. Concentration of the Solution related to cell reaction
d. Nature of Electrodes
8. Which statement is not correct for determining an electrochemical cell?
a. In external circuit electron flow from cathode to anode
b. In solution electricity conducted through ions
c. In external circuit electric current flows from anode o cathode
d. Anions move from cathode to anode through salt bridge
9. Iron in contact with a solution whose pH is _____ does not corrode.
a. < 9 b. > 9 c. < 6 d. > 6
10. What type of battery is commonly used in automotive?
a. Alkaline battery
b. Mercury battery
c. Lead-Acid battery
d. Leclanche battery
11. What is the process that involves electrolysis to deposit a thin layer of one metal on
another metal to improve its beauty?
a. Corrosion
b. Electroplating
c. Electrode enhancing
d. Electrification
12. Oxidation and reduction
a. always occur simultaneously
b. always occur at different times
c. do not occur in the same reaction
d. always occur with oxidation first, then reduction
13. In which system does a spontaneous redox reaction produce electrical energy?
a. Electroplating cell
b. Half cell
c. Electrochemical cell
d. Electrolytic cell
14. In any electrochemical cell, the cathode is always the _____
a. Porous electrode
b. Porous barrier
c. Electrode at which matter gains electron
d. Electrode at which matter losses electron
15. When an automobile battery is charging,
a. energy as heat is converted to energy of motion
b. energy of motion is converted to energy as heat
c. chemical energy is converted to electrical energy
d. electrical energy is converted to chemical energy
16. In a zinc-nickel dry cell,
a. the zinc electrode is the cathode, and the nickel electrode is the anode
b. the zinc electrode is the anode, and the nickel electrode is the cathode
c. both electrodes are auto-oxidizing and serve as both cathodes and anodes
d. neither electrode can be considered a cathode or an anode
17. The part of a reaction that involves only oxidation or reduction
a. Combination reaction
b. Metathesis reaction
c. Redox reaction
d. Half reaction
18. Which of the following statements about electrochemical cells is true?
a. Reduction occurs at the anode
b. An element with a high love for electrons is likely to be easily oxidized
c. Oxidation occurs at the anode
d. Only oxidation half–reactions are useful
19. A kind of battery that must be discarded or recycled after the voltage drop to zero
a. Primary cell
b. Secondary cell
c. Ternary cell
d. Quaternary cell
20. An electrochemical cell that is composed of the same material/specie of electrodes
a. Electrolytic cell
b. Hydrogen fuel cell
c. Concentration cell
d. Electroplating cell

Problem Solving
Instruction: Show your solution in every problem, final answers must be in four decimal places
1. Theoretically, how many grams of ferrous (Fe2+) ions is oxidized into ferric (Fe3+) ions by
passing 2.4125 x 10-5 coulomb of electric charge? (Fe = 56 gram/mole) (2
points)

2. Balance the following molecular equation, write the complete ionic and net ionic
equation:
a. CuBr 2 ( aq )+ NaOH ( aq ) → Cu ( OH )2 ( s ) + NaBr ¿ ) (1 point)
b. Pb( NO¿ ¿3)2 + Na 2 SO 4 ( aq ) → Pb SO4 (s)+ Na NO 3 (aq)¿ (1 point)

3. Balance the following redox reaction by method of half reaction;


−¿ ( aq) + MnO (aq ) basic solution¿
2
−¿ (aq )→ CNO
a. CN −¿ ( aq) +Mn O (2 points)
¿
4
¿
3+¿ ( aq ) +CO ( g ) acidic solution¿
2
2−¿ (aq ) →Cr
b. Cr 2 O 72−¿ ( aq)+C O
¿
2 4
¿
(2 points)

4. Calculate the standard emf of a cell that uses the Mg/Mg2+ and Cu/Cu2+ half-cell reactions
at 25 °C having E°red = -2.370 V, and E°red = +0.337 V respectively. Write the cell
diagram for this electrochemical cell that occurs in standard state condition.
(2 points)
2+ ¿ (aq )+ Mg(s )¿

5. The equilibrium constant for the reaction Sr ( s ) + Mg 2+¿ (aq) ↔ Sr ¿


is 2.69 x 1012 at 25
°C. Calculate the standard cell potential (E° cell), and write the cell diagram for this
electrochemical cell. (3 points)
6. The oxidation of hydrogen by oxygen is one of the most-used reactions in fuel-cell
technology. The overall reaction, which is given below, has a ΔG° value of –474 kJ/mol.
What is the standard cell potential for this fuel cell?
2 H 2 ( g ) +O 2 ( g ) → 2 H 2 O (l ) (2 points)

7. Calculate the E°cell, Ecell, ΔG°, at 298 K of the following cell reactions; (10 points)
2+ ¿ ( aq )+ Sn ( s )¿

a. Mg ( s ) + Sn2+¿ (aq )→ Mg ¿

¿
2+¿ (aq ) +Cr ( s) ¿

b. 3 Zn ( s ) +2 Cr3 +¿ ( aq) →3 Zn ¿

For item 8-10, (15 points)

An external direct-current power supply is connected to two platinum electrodes immersed in a


beaker containing 1.0 M CuSO4(aq) at 25˚C, as shown in the diagram below. As the cell
operates, copper metal is deposited onto one electrode and O 2(g) is produced at the other
electrode. The two reduction half-reactions for the overall reaction that occurs in the cell are
shown in the table below.

Calculate the (a) standard cell

potential, (b) standard change of free


energy. If an electric current of 1.50 A
passes through the cell for 40.0
minutes, (c) calculate the mass, in
grams, of the Cu(s) that is deposited on the electrode, and (d) calculate the dry volume, in liters
measured at 25˚C and 1.16 atm, of the O 2(g) that is produced (governing the gas law, PV=nRT;
R=0.082057 L.atm/mol.K).

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