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A solution containing and is electrolysed between inert electrodes by passing of charge (). Assume that chloride is oxidised in preference to water at the anode, that is reduced in preference to water at the cathode, that no gas remains dissolved, and that the volume stays . The of the final solution at is ____ .
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Answer: 7
The charge passed is mol of electrons. At the cathode, mol (from ) takes mol of ; the remaining mol of electrons reduce water, , forming mol . At the anode, mol (from ) is oxidised using mol of electrons; once chloride is exhausted the remaining mol of electrons oxidise water, , producing mol . The mol and mol neutralise exactly, leaving a solution of only. The final is therefore .
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