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Jen and her partner were assigned the Zn/Zn cathode/anode pair which they used to construct their electrolytic cell. They decided to keep the concentration of the corresponding Zn2+ solution constant at 1 M. If Jen ran her cell for 22.8 mins, what current (mA) did she use in order to transfer 9 x 10^-4 moles of electrons?

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Answer:

63.2 mA

Step-by-step explanation:

We all know that:

Current
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which can be further expressed as:


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where;

n = number of electrons

e = charge on electrons

t = time (second)

Then; by replacing the values in the question, we have:


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