TEST ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SOLID STATE (CBSE) TOTAL MARKS: 60

ELECTROCHEMISTRY (30 MARKS)

1. Calculate the potential of hydrogen electrode in contact with a soln whose pH is 6. (2M)
2. How does conductivity of an electrolyte vary with concentration? (3M)
3. Define a fuel cell. Write the cell reactions of fuel cell. (3M)
4. Also state the Kohlrausch law and write the mathematical expression of molar conductivity of the
given solution at infinite dilution. (3M)
5. Estimate the mass of copper metal produced during the passage of 5A current through CuSO4 solution
for 100 minutes. The molar mass of Cu is 63.5g/mol. (3M)
6. Given cell at 298K Cd|Cd ||Ni (2M)| Ni has an emf of 0.20V. Write the cell reactions and ΔG0 for the
2+ +2

cell. What is the molar concentration of Cd2+ ion in this cell? E0cell=0.15V (3M)
7. The conductivity of 0.20M soln of KCl at 298K is 0.0248 S/cm. Calculate the molar conductivity.
Also calculate Λm0 for CaCl2 from the following data. Λ Ca+2=119 S cm2/mol ΛCl-=76.3. (3M)
8. Write the cell notation for the reaction taking place Mg + 2Ag+ (0.1M) Mg2+ (0.001M) + 2Ag.
Calculate Ecell at 298K if E0cell=3.17V. (3M)
+ 2+ 0
9. Calculate Kc for the reaction Cu + 2Ag Cu + 2Ag. E cell=0.58V (3M)
10. Calculate the quantity of electricity that would be required to reduce 12.3gms of nitrobenzene to
aniline, if the current efficiency for the process is 50%. If the potential drops across the cell is 3V, how
much energy will be consumed? (4M)

SOLID STATE (30 MARKS)

11. Calcium crystallises in FCC unit cell with 0.556nm. Calculate the density if it contains 0.2% frenkel
defects. Mol wt of calcium=40 gm/mol (3M)
2+ th 3+
12. In spinel, Mg is present in 1/8 of TV’s in an FCC lattice of oxide ions and Al ions are present in half
of the OV’s. The formula of spinel is____________. (3M)
13. A face centered cubic lattice is made up of single type of atom and one of its corner is left unoccupied
per unit cell. Calculate the packing fraction of such solid. (3M)
14. FeO crystallises in NaCl type of crystal lattice. Some cationic sites are vacant and some contain Fe3+
ions but the structure is electrically neutral. The formula approximates to Fe0.95O1.00. a) What is the
ratio of Fe2+ to Fe3+ ions in solid? b) What percentage of cationic sites are vacant? (3M)
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15. Density of one form of CaCO3, solid is 2.93gm/cm and it has orthorhombic unit cell with unit cell
parameter: a= 4.6Ao, b= 5.7Ao and c=8Ao. Calculate the number of Ca2+ ions per unit cell. (3M)
16. A compound is made of particles A and B. A forms FCC packing and B occupies all the OVs. If all the
particles along the plane as shown in the figure below are removed, then the simplest formula of the
compound is: - a) A5B7 b) A7B5 c) AB d) AB3.75 (3M)
TEST ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SOLID STATE (CBSE) TOTAL MARKS: 60

17. *In a solid having rock salt structure, if all the atoms touching one body diagonal plane are removed
(except at body centre), then the formula of left unit cell is: - (3M)
a) A3.5B2.5 b) A7B3 c) A5B3 d) A3B5

18. Figure shows unit cell of superconductor. The formula of mixed oxide is YaBabCucOd. Find value of
a+b+c+d. (4M)

19. The percentage packing efficiency of the two dimensional arrangement (2D) of sphere for plane
ABCDEF shown below is: (5M)

a) 90.64% b) 74.05% c) 68.02% d) 78.54%