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A zinc electrowinning cell is being operated at a current of 400 A, voltage of 3.5V, and a cathodic current efficiency of 90%, the specific energy consumption (in kg KJ-1 zinc) is _____. (answer up to two decimal places) Given Atomic ...Read more
A zinc electrowinning cell is being operated at a current of 400 A, voltage of 3.5V, and a cathodic current efficiency of 90%, the specific energy consumption (in kg KJ-1 zinc) is _____. (answer up to two decimal places)
Given Atomic weight of zinc =65
Read lessThe sieve analysis of ground quartz particles is given in the table below: The cumulative mass fraction of ...Read more
The sieve analysis of ground quartz particles is given in the table below:
The cumulative mass fraction of particles of size less than 1.68mm is ________. (answer up to two decimal places)
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What is the voltage required to electrolytically refine impure copper of activity 𝑎𝐶𝑢 = 0.9 (Raoultian standard state) to pure copper at 300 K? Given: Gas constant R = 8.314 J mol– 1 K– 1, and Faraday’s constant F = ...Read more
What is the voltage required to electrolytically refine impure copper of activity 𝑎𝐶𝑢 = 0.9 (Raoultian standard state) to pure copper at 300 K?
Given: Gas constant R = 8.314 J mol– 1 K– 1, and Faraday’s constant F = 96500 C mol -1.
(A) 1.36 mV (B) 2.72 mV (C) 0 mV (D) 5.44 mV
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100 Metric tons of copper concentrate containing 21 wt.% Cu is to be processed in 6 months with 25 working days per month and 8 working hours per day. The concentrate is leached by sulphuric acid and electrolyzed in 10 ...Read more
100 Metric tons of copper concentrate containing 21 wt.% Cu is to be processed in 6 months with 25 working days per month and 8 working hours per day. The concentrate is leached by sulphuric acid and electrolyzed in 10 cells arranged in series. The minimum current rating (Ampere per month per cell, rounded off to the nearest integer) is ______.Given: Faraday constant = 96500 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡. Atomic weight of copper is 63.
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