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Chapter 7worksheet Chem

This document is a worksheet on electrochemistry that contains questions about electrolysis, electrolytic cells, and hydrogen fuel cells. Electrolysis is the process of using electric current to drive nonspontaneous redox reactions. Electrolysis requires an electrolyte and two electrodes connected to a power source. During electrolysis of molten salts, metals form at the cathode while nonmetals form at the anode. When sodium chloride solution is electrolyzed, chlorine gas forms at the anode and sodium forms at the cathode. A hydrogen fuel cell uses hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity through redox reactions.

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Chapter 7worksheet Chem

This document is a worksheet on electrochemistry that contains questions about electrolysis, electrolytic cells, and hydrogen fuel cells. Electrolysis is the process of using electric current to drive nonspontaneous redox reactions. Electrolysis requires an electrolyte and two electrodes connected to a power source. During electrolysis of molten salts, metals form at the cathode while nonmetals form at the anode. When sodium chloride solution is electrolyzed, chlorine gas forms at the anode and sodium forms at the cathode. A hydrogen fuel cell uses hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity through redox reactions.

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CAMBRIDGE IGCSE™ CHEMISTRY: WORKSHEET 6

Name Date

6C: Electrochemistry
1 What is electrolysis?

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2 Explain the conditions required for electrolysis to work.


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3 Draw an electrolytic cell and label it.

4 This question relates to the electrolysis of molten compounds.


a Complete the following table.
Salt Anode Cathode

Potassium bromide

Aluminium oxide

Barium iodide

Sodium chloride

Calcium fluoride

Magnesium oxide

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b Look at your completed table from part a. What is the pattern?


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5 Calcium can be extracted from molten potassium fluoride.


a Write an equation to show the electrolysis of KF2.
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b Write equations to show the reactions that occur at both electrodes.
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6 This question relates to the electrolysis of sodium chloride solution.


a What is produced at each electrode when dissolved NaCl is electrolysed?
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b Write half-equations to show what is formed when dissolved NaCl is electrolysed.
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7 What are the three general rules for electroplating a metal object with another metal?
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8 This question relates to the hydrogen fuel cell.


a What is the definition of a hydrogen fuel cell?
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b Write the overall reaction in a hydrogen fuel cell.
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c Complete the oxidation and reduction half-equations.
Oxidation:
____H2 à ________ + ________
Reduction:
____O2 + ________ + ________ à ________

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