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Applications of Faraday's laws of electrolysis -1

Problem

Molten NaCl is electrolysed for 5 hours using 2A current.
Calculate the volume of ClA2 evolved at the electrode at STP.
Given: Volume of 1 mol of a gas at STP is 22.4L
F=96500C/mol.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
L.