IIT-JAM CHEMISTRY

ELECTROCHEMISTRY PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS

2010
1.) The molar conductivity of 0.009 M aqueous solution of a weak acid (HA) is 0.005 S m2 mol–1 and the
limiting molar conductivity of HA is 0.05 S m2 mol–1 at 298 K. Assuming activity coefficients to be
unity, the acid dissociation constant (Ka) of HA at this temperature is:

(a) 1×10–4 (b) 0.1 (c) 9×10–4 (d) 1.1×10–5

2.) Two beakers, one containing 0.02 M KMnO4, 0.2 M MnSO4 and 0.5 M H2SO4 and another containing
0.15 M FeSO4 and 0.05 M Fe2(SO4)3, are connected by a salt-bridge Platinum electrodes are
placed in each beaker and these two electrodes are connected via a wire with a voltmeter in between.
H2SO4 is present in equal volumes in each beaker. Assume H2SO4 is completely ionized.

a) Write the complete balanced redox reaction for this cell.

b) What would be the potential of each half-cell after the reaction has reached equilibrium?

2011
1.) The molar conductances at infinite dilution for BaCl2, KCl, K2SO4 and Cl– are 280, 150, 300 and
76 Ω-1 m2 mol -1 , respectively. Calculate the transport number of Ba2+ in BaSO4 solution at infinite
dilution.

2012

# The molar conductance of 0.012 mol dm–3 aqueous solution of chloroacetic acid is
10 Ω-1 cm2 mol -1 . The ion conductance of chloroacetate and H+ ions are 50 Ω-1 cm2 mol-1 and
350 Ω-1 cm2 mol-1 , respectively. Calculate (i) degree of dissociation and pKa of chloroacetic acid,
and (ii) H+ ion concentration in the solution.

# Sketch the conductivity versus concentration of base curves for the titration of aqueous solutions
of acetic acid (i) with NaOH, and (ii) with NH4OH.
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2014

2015
The concentration of K+ ion inside a biological cell is 20 times higher than outside. The
magnitude of potential difference between the two sides is [Given : 2.303 RT/F = 59 mV]

(a) 0 mV (b) 26 Mv (c) 77 mV (d) 177 mV

The standard reduction potentials of the Fe3+/Fe2+ and Fe2+/Fe couples are 0.77 and –0.44 V
respectively. The standard reduction potential (in V) for the Fe3+/Fe couple is ____________

2016

An electrochemical cell consists of two half-cell reactions

The mass of copper (in grams) dissolved on passing 0.5A current for 1 hour is
[Given: atomic mass of Cu is 63.6; F = 96500 C mol–1]

(A) 0.88 (B) 1.18 (C) 0.29 (D) 0.59

2017

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2018

# In a saturated calomel electrode, the saturation is with respect to

(A) KCl (B) Hg2Cl2 (C) HgCl2 (D) AgCl

# The emf of a standard cadmium cell is 1.02 V at 300K. The temperature coefficient of the cell
is –5.0×10–3 VK–1. The value of H0 for the cell is ______________kJ mol–1 (rounded up to
two decimal places)
[1F = 96500 C mol–1]