Faraday's First Law of Electrolysis:
Statement:
Faraday's first law of electrolysis states that the amount of a substance deposited or liberated at an electrode during electrolysis is directly proportional to the amount of electric charge passed through the electrolyte.
Mathematical Form:
The law can be expressed as:
\(m = \frac{M \cdot Q}{F \cdot z}\)
where: - \(m\) is the mass of the substance deposited or liberated, - \(M\) is the molar mass of the substance, - \(Q\) is the total charge passed through the electrolyte (in coulombs), - \(F\) is the Faraday constant (approximately 96500 C/mol), - \(z\) is the valency of the ion (the number of electrons involved in the reaction).Implication:
This law indicates that the amount of substance deposited or liberated at the electrodes is proportional to the total charge passed, making electrolysis a controlled method for determining the quantity of material involved in redox reactions. Faraday’s first law is fundamental to understanding electroplating, electrorefining, and the electrolysis of water and salts.
Write IUPAC names of the following compounds and classify them into primary, secondary and tertiary amines.
(i) (CH3 )2CHNH2 (ii) CH3 (CH2 )2NH2 (iii) CH3NHCH(CH3 )2
(iv) (CH3 )3CNH2 (v) C6H5NHCH3 (vi) (CH3CH2 )2NCH3 (vii) m–BrC6H4NH2
Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.
(i) Methylamine and dimethylamine
(ii) Secondary and tertiary amines
(iii) Ethylamine and aniline
(iv) Aniline and benzylamine
(v) Aniline and N-methylaniline
Account for the following:
(i) pKb of aniline is more than that of methylamine.
(ii) Ethylamine is soluble in water whereas aniline is not.
(iii) Methylamine in water reacts with ferric chloride to precipitate hydrated ferric oxide.
(iv) Although amino group is o– and p– directing in aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions, aniline on nitration gives a substantial amount of m-nitroaniline.
(v) Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction.
(vi) Diazonium salts of aromatic amines are more stable than those of aliphatic amines. (vii) Gabriel phthalimide synthesis is preferred for synthesising primary amines.