Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 58

Question: In an electroplating experiment, m gm of silver is deposited when 4 ampere of current flows for 2 minute. The amount (in gm) of silver deposited by 6 ampere of current for 40 second will be

[MNR 1991; UPSEAT 2000; MP PET 2002; Pb. PET 2004; Orissa JEE 2005]

Options:

A) 4 m

B) $ m/2 $

C) $ m/4 $

D) 2 m

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

By Faraday’s law, $ m\propto i,t. $ \ $ \frac{m _{1}}{m _{2}}=\frac{i _{1}t _{1}}{i _{2}t _{2}} $

Therefore $ \frac{m}{m _{2}}=\frac{4\times 120}{6\times 40} $

Therefore $ m _{2}=\frac{m}{2} $