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Electricity & Chemistry (Multiple Choice) QP
Electricity & Chemistry (Multiple Choice) QP
plastic coating
metal core
P Q
substance X
– +
What is substance X?
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What are the products at the electrodes when dilute sulfuric acid is electrolysed using inert
electrodes?
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The diagram shows a section of an overhead power cable.
steel
ceramic
aluminium
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The diagram shows the electrolysis of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated aqueous
sodium chloride using carbon electrodes.
+ – + –
electrode 1 electrode 2 electrode 3 electrode 4
A electrode 1 only
B electrodes 1 and 3
C electrode 2 only
D electrodes 2 and 4
8 What are the electrode products when molten silver iodide is electrolysed between inert
electrodes?
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9 Copper and hydrogen can each be formed by electrolysis.
3V
– +
copper sulfate
solution
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The diagram shows the electroplating of a steel object.
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An object is electroplated with silver using an aqueous silver salt as the electrolyte.
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The diagram shows an electrolysis experiment.
electrode Q electrode P
During the electrolysis, sodium was formed at electrode P and chlorine at electrode Q.
P Q X
A anode cathode concentrated solution of
sodium chloride in water
B anode cathode molten sodium chloride
C cathode anode concentrated solution of
sodium chloride in water
D cathode anode molten sodium chloride
electrolyte
A chromium
B copper
C silver
D sodium
Which products are formed at the electrodes when a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is
electrolysed?
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In the electrolysis shown, chlorine is produced at W and sodium at X.
+ –
W X
A aluminium
B copper
C plastic
D steel
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Which products are formed at the anode and cathode when electricity is passed through molten
lead(II) bromide?
Electrical cables are made from either ……1……, because it is a very good conductor of
electricity, or from……2……, because it has a low density.
Overhead cables have a ……3…… core in order to give the cable strength.
What will be produced at the anode and at the cathode, if molten potassium chloride is
electrolysed?
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The diagram shows the circuit for electrolysing lead(II) bromide and sodium chloride to liberate
the metal.
In what form are these salts electrolysed for liberating the metal?
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The diagram shows the electrolysis of concentrated aqueous sodium chloride.
+ –
anode cathode
carbon
rods
concentrated
aqueous sodium
chloride and litmus
What is the colour of the litmus at each electrode after five minutes?
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Two electrolysis experiments were carried out as shown in the diagram below.
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1 2 3 4
The table gives the compounds electrolysed and the electrodes used.
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The diagram shows an incomplete circuit.
lamp
glass tube
Which substance causes the lamp to light when added to the glass tube?
plastic coating
metal core
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The diagram shows an electrolysis circuit.
+ – + –
A B C D
aqueous molten
sodium sodium
chloride chloride
Some white anhydrous copper(II) sulfate powder is put into a beaker of water and stirred.
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Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride, concentrated hydrochloric acid and molten lead bromide
were separately electrolysed in experiments 1, 2 and 3.
experiment 1 experiment 2
concentrated concentrated
aqueous hydrochloric
sodium platinum acid platinum
chloride electrodes electrodes
experiment 3
d.c. power supply
lamp
LEAD
BROMIDE
TOXIC
heat
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The diagram shows the electrolysis of concentrated aqueous sodium chloride.
positive negative
+ –
electrode carbon electrode
rods
concentrated
aqueous sodium
chloride
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The diagram shows an electrolysis experiment using metals X and Y as electrodes.
+ –
aqueous solution
X Y
aqueous
metal
solution
A X Cr l 3
B X Cu l 2
C Y Cr l 3
D Y Cu l 2
In separate experiments, electricity was passed through concentrated aqueous sodium chloride
and molten lead bromide.
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Winston Churchill, a British Prime Minister, had his false teeth electroplated with gold.
The teeth were coated with a thin layer of carbon and were then placed in the apparatus shown.
switch
X Y
aqueous solution
of a gold salt
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The diagram shows that two gases are formed when concentrated hydrochloric acid is
electrolysed using inert electrodes.
+ve –ve
concentrated
hydrochloric acid
Which row correctly describes the colours of the gases at the electrodes?
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The diagram shows a section of an overhead power cable.
steel
glazed porcelain
aluminium
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Concentrated aqueous potassium bromide solution is electrolysed using inert electrodes.
A Br and K+ H+ and OH
B Br and OH H+ and K+
C H+ and K+ Br and OH
D H+ and OH Br and K+
Electricity from a power station passes through overhead cables to a substation and then to a
school where it is used to electrolyse concentrated hydrochloric acid using inert electrodes.
Which substances are used for the overhead cables and for the electrodes?
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Electricity is passed through concentrated aqueous sodium chloride, as shown.
positive negative
+ –
electrode carbon electrode
rods
concentrated
aqueous sodium
chloride
What is the test for the gas formed at the positive electrode?
The diagram shows apparatus used in an attempt to electroplate a metal ring with copper.
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bulb
aqueous copper(II)
sulfate (electrolyte)
X Y
concentrated
sodium chloride
solution
– +
A coloured gas was formed at the anode and a metal was formed at the cathode.
power supply
anode cathode
substance X
What is substance X?
electrolyte
Copper(II) ions (Cu2+), hydrogen ions (H+), hydroxide ions (OH ) and sulfate ions ( SO 42 ) are
present in the solution.
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Three electrolysis cells are set up. Each cell has inert electrodes.
anode (+ve)
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The diagram shows the electrolysis of concentrated aqueous sodium chloride.
positive negative
+ –
electrode carbon electrode
rods
concentrated
aqueous sodium
chloride and
Universal Indicator
What is the colour of the Universal Indicator at each electrode after five minutes?
plastic coating
metal core
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Aluminium is extracted from its oxide by electrolysis.
The oxide is dissolved in ……1…… cryolite and aluminium is deposited at the ……2……
+ –
A Pb+ Br2
B Pb2+ Br
C Br2 Pb+
D Br Pb2+
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14 Which of these elements could be formed at the anode when a molten salt is electrolysed?
A copper
B iodine
C lithium
D strontium
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