CAIE A Level Chemistry 9701 · Electrochemistry

Electrochemistry: describe question

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A student determines the Avogadro constant, LL, using a silver coulometer. Two clean silver electrodes are placed in an aqueous solution of silver nitrate, AgNOX3\ce{AgNO3}. A steady current of 0.50 A0.50\,\text{A} is passed for exactly 30.0 min30.0\,\text{min}. The cathode gains 1.00 g1.00\,\text{g} in mass. The charge on the electron is 1.60×10−19 C1.60 \times 10^{-19}\,\text{C}, and the relative atomic mass of silver is 108108.

Describe how the student would determine a value for LL from these measurements.

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