Chemistry Department

Faculty of Science
Universiti Putra Malaysia

MODULE TITLE ELECTROCHEMISTRY

COURSE CODE CHM3010

MODULE CODE/NO UPM/FS/ CHM3010-06

DURATION 6 hours face to face

LEARNING 1.Whitten, K, W., Davis, R. E. Peck, M. L. & Stanley, G. G.

RESOURCES (2014). General Chemistry. 10th Edition. Belmont:
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
2.Brady, J. E., Senese, F. (2004). Chemistry: Matter and
Its Changes. 4rd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
3.Note: http://www.lms.upm.edu.my

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
TERMS TO KNOW All related terms in chapters involved in prior knowledge

LEARNING At the end of module, you will able to:

OUTCOMES 1. Use Faradays law to calculate amounts of products formed, amounts
of current passed, time elapsed and oxidation state
2. Describe the differences between electrolytic cell and galvanic cell,
working and reference electrodes, functions of salt bridge
3. Recognize oxidation and reduction half reactions
4. Write half reactions and overall cell reactions
5. Use standard reduction potential to calculate the standard cell
potential, to identify the cathode and anode, to predict the spontaneity of
a redox reaction
6. Use Nernst equation to relate electrode potentials and cell potentials
to different concentrations and partial pressures
7. Relate standard cell potential to the standard Gibbs free energy
change and the equilibrium constant

COURSE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

AND
LEARNING Please refer to all learning resources
ACTIVITIES
ASSIGNMENT Instruction: You should answer all the questions below
and compare your answers between your friends. Any
problems please refer your respective lecturer.

Electrochemistry

Questions

1. Balance the following equations for the reaction of

 arsenic(III) sulfide with aqueous chloric acid:
a. As2S3(s) + ClO3-(aq) H3AsO4(aq) + SO42-(aq) +
Cl-(aq)
b. Cl2(g) ClO3-(aq) + Cl-(aq)

2. Write cell notation for the following cell reactions:

a. Zn(s) + CuSO4 (aq) ZnSO4 + Cu (s)
b. AgCl (s) + H2 (g) HCl (aq) + Ag (s)
c. H2 (g) + O2 (g) H2O (l)
d. H2(g) + I2(s) 2HI(aq)

3. The final step in the production of magnesium from

seawater is the electrolysis of molten magnesium
chloride, in which the overall reaction is
Mg2+ + 2Cl- Mg(l) + Cl2(g)
Write equations for the half-reactions occurring at the
anode and at the cathode, and indicate the direction in
which electrons flow through the external circuit.

4. Write the anode and cathode half-reaction for the

following galvanic cell. Write the equation for the overall
cell reaction.
Al(s)|Al3+(aq)||Pb2+(aq)|Pb(s)

5. From the positions of the respective half-reactions in

standard reduction potential table, predict whether the
following reaction is spontaneous. If it is not, write the
equation for the spontaneous reaction.
Sn2+(aq) + 2Fe2+(aq) Sn(s) + 2Fe3+(aq)

6. Given cell notation as follows

Hg(l)/HgCl(aq)//TlNO3(aq)/Tl at 25C
Determine the cell emf at the same temperature if the
Mercury ion concentration is 0.15M and Thalium ion
concentration is 0.93M.

7. What are the overall cell reaction and the standard cell
potential of a galvanic cell employing the following half-
reactions?
Cr3+(aq) +3e- Cr(s) ECr3+/Cr = -0.74 V
MnO4 (aq) + 8H (aq) +5e Mn2+(aq) + 4H2O
- + -

EMnO4- /Mn2+= +1.51 V

8. Calculate G for the reactions that take place in the

galvanic cells:
a. Mg(s) + Fe2+(aq) Mg2+(aq) + Fe(s)
Ecell = +1.93V
b. Al(s)|Al3+(aq)||Pb2+(aq)|Pb(s) Ecell = +1.53V

9. The calculated standard cell potential for the reaction

Cu2+(aq) + 2Ag(s) Cu(s) + 2Ag+(aq)
is Ecell = -0.46 V. Calculate Kc for this reaction. Does this
reaction proceed very far toward completion?
 10. A galvanic cell was constructed by connecting a nickel
electrode that was dipped into 1.20 M NiSO4 solution to a
chromium electrode that was dipped into a solution
containing Cr3+ at an unknown concentration. The
potential of the cell was measured to be 0.552 V, with the
chromium serving as the anode. The standard cell
potential for this system was determines to be 0.487 V.
What was the concentration of Cr3+ in the solution of
unknown concentration?

11. How many minutes will it take for a current of 10.0 A to

deposit 3.00 g of gold from a solution of AuCl3?

ASSESSMENT* Will be based on final examination and contribution during

lecture