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Acknowledgement ......................................................................... 2
Introduction 4
Experimental Setup 5
Procedure 10
Observations 11
Conclusion 12
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Acknowledgement
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who throughout the tedious process of completion of the project
displayed with full patience and helped me tide over the obstacles
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Project Report Submitted by Shruti Sharma
Certificate
This is to certify that
Shruti Sharma
of
Class XII- A, D S Heritage Scholars School,
has worked on the project titled
Introduction
Zn / Zn || Cu / Cu
2+ 2+
Experimental Setup
A zinc rod is placed in the zinc sulphate solution taken in a beaker.
A copper rod is placed in the copper sulphate solution taken in
another beaker. The two rods are connected by a wire and two
solutions are connected by a salt bridge.
Let us see what would happen if the salt bridge were not used in
the cells shown in the above diagram. Electrons are given out by
the zinc electrode where they will neutralize some of the Cu2+
ions of the solution. Thus SO42- ions will not leave and the
solution will acquire a negative charge. At the same time, Zn2+
ions produced from zinc plate will enter into ZnSO4 solution.
After some time, the flow of electrons will stop and hence the
current stops flowing.
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Standard EMF of an
Electrochemical Cell
An electrochemical cell is based on reaction which can be split into the
two half reactions:
(i) Oxidation half reaction
(ii) Reduction half reaction
Standard EMF of the cell:
𝑬𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍 = 𝑬𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒆 − 𝑬𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒆
Where,
Ecell= Electrode Potential of the cell
Ecathode = Electrode Potential of the reduction half reaction
Eanode = Electrode Potential of the oxidation half reaction
iii) The electrons flow from the negative pole to the positive pole in
the external circuit. However, conventionally, this current is set
to flow in the opposite direction.
vi) Evidently, the weight of the copper rod will increase while that
of zinc rod will decrease as the cell works.
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Procedure
1. Take two clean beakers.
2. In one beaker take 0.5 M copper sulphate solution and in the other
take 0.5 M zinc sulphate solution.
3. Take a copper strip and clean it using a sand paper.
4. Dip the copper strip into the beaker containing the 1 M copper
sulphate solution.
5. Similarly, take a zinc strip and clean it using a sand paper.
6. Then dip it into the beaker containing 1 M zinc sulphate solution.
7. Take a salt bridge and connect the two solutions using the salt bridge.
8. Take a voltmeter and connect the copper strip to the positive
terminal and the zinc strip to the negative terminal using connecting
wires.
9. Note the position of the pointer in the voltmeter and record the
reading.
10. Repeat the experiment by taking different concentrations of zinc
sulphate and copper sulphate solutions.
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Observations
S.No. MCuSO4 MZnSO4 EMF
Conclusion
Figure 3: Experimental
Setup
References
1. Chemistry Part-I, Textbook for class XII
2. http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Di-Fa/Electrochemistry.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniell_cell
4. http://chemcollective.org/chem/electrochem/step2_cell.php