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Faraday's laws of electrolysis

Electrolysis uses electric current to drive a non-spontaneous redox reaction. Faraday's laws relate the mass of substance deposited/dissolved to the charge passed:

Charge (Q) = I × t

Moles deposited = Q / (n × F)

Mass = moles × molar mass

Where F = 96,485 C/mol (Faraday's constant) and n = electrons per atom.

A
e.g. Cu = 63.546, Ag = 107.868, Al = 26.982
g/mol
e.g. Cu²⁺ = 2, Ag⁺ = 1, Al³⁺ = 3

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