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CBSE Class 10 Science 2015 Term I Set 2

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Question : 7 of 36
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(a) In electrolysis of water, why is the volume of gas collected over one electrode double that of gas collected over the other electrode?
(b) (i) What is observed when a solution of potassium iodide is added to a solution of lead nitrate taken in a test tube?
(ii) What type of reaction is this ?
(iii) Write a balanced chemical equation to represent the above reaction.
Solution:  
(a) In electrolysis of water (H2O)(\mathrm{H}_2\mathrm{O}), the hydrogen goes to one test tube and oxygen goes to another. The two electrodes collect H\mathrm{H} and O\mathrm{O} separately.
Since water (H2O)(\mathrm{H}_2\mathrm{O}) consists of 2 parts of hydrogen and 1 part of oxygen, so the volume of hydrogen gas (H2)(\mathrm{H}_2) collected over cathode (negative electrode) is double the volume of oxygen gas (O2)(\mathrm{O}_2) collected over anode (positive electrode).
(b) (i) When potassium iodide solution is added to lead nitrate solution, then a yellow precipitate of lead iodide is produced along with potassium nitrate solution.
(ii) This is double displacement reaction.
(iii)Pb(NO3)2(aq)Lead nitrate+2KI(aq)Potassium iodide→PbI2(s)Lead iodide (yellow ppt)+2KNO3(aq)\underset{\text{Lead nitrate}}{\mathrm{Pb}(\mathrm{NO}_3)_2\mathrm{(aq)}} + \underset{\text{Potassium iodide}}{2\mathrm{KI}\mathrm{(aq)}} \rightarrow \underset{\text{Lead iodide (yellow ppt)}}{\mathrm{PbI}_2\mathrm{(s)}} + 2\mathrm{KNO}_3\mathrm{(aq)}
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