POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

CHEM 015
PROBLEM SET 4 QUESTIONNAIRE

INSTRUCTION: Show complete work for full credit. Write your answers on a white sheet of paper.
Scan and compile in just one pdf and upload in the Google Form. Use this format in the filename
CHEM015_PS4_<COURSE&SECTION>_<SURNAME, FIRST NAME> ex. CHEM015_PS4_BSCHEM1-
1_DELA CRUZ, JUAN

Remember: Moral Ascendancy

Promise and Signature (place it in first or last page of Solutions Sheet)
"The answers are of my own work and will not be shared with fellow CHEM015 students nor to
others outside CHEM015 class".

1.
[5 points] Tarnished silver contains Ag 2S. The tarnish can be removed by placing silverware in an
aluminum pan containing an inert electrolyte solution, such as NaCl. Explain the lectrochmeical
principle for this procedure.
2.
[5 points each] For each of the following redox reactons, (i) Write the half-reactions; (ii) write
the balanced equation for the whole reaction; (iii) determine in which direction the reaction will
proceed spontaneously under standard-state conditions:

3.
[5 points] From the following information, calculate the solubility product of AgBr:

4.
[5 points] In an electrolysis experiment a student passes the same quantity of electricity through
two electrolytic cells, one containing a silver salt and the other a gold salt. Over a certain period
of time, the student finds that 6.97 g of Ag and 4.25 g of Au are deposited at the cathodes. What
is the oxidation state of gold in the gold salt?

Deadline of submission is January 23, 2023. Good luck!

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