Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 67

Question: If nearly $ 10^{5} $ coulomb liberate 1 gm equivalent of aluminium, then the amount of aluminium (equivalent weight 9) deposited through electrolysis in 20 minutes by a current of 50 amp will be

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Options:

A) 0.6 gm

B) 0.09 gm

C) 5.4 gm

D) 10.8 gm

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ m=Zi,t $ or $ m\propto i,t $ \ $ \frac{m _{1}}{m _{2}}=\frac{i _{1}t _{1}}{i _{2}t _{2}} $

Therefore $ \frac{9}{m _{2}}=\frac{10^{5}}{50\times 20\times 60} $

Therefore $ m _{2}=5.4,gm $