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A battery charger used to recharge the NiMH (nickel metal-hydride) batteries used in a digital camera can deliver as much as 0.35 A of current to each battery. If it takes 145 minutes to recharge one battery, how much Ni(OH)2 (in grams) is oxidized to NiO(OH)?
H2O(l) + e? + NiO(OH)(s) ? OH?(aq) + Ni(OH)2(s)
The mass of metal deposited is
Where
W = mass of meatl deposited = ?
E = Equivalent mass of Nickel = At.mass / valence
= 58.7 / 2
= 29.35
C = current = 0.35 A
t = time taken = 145 min
= 145 min x 60 (s/min)
= 8700 s
Plug the values we get
So mass of nickel deposited is 0.93 g
So this amount of nickel is deposited by the oxidation if Ni(OH)2
Therefore the mass of Ni(OH)2 oxidized is = 0.93 g