Mass of substance deposited on electrode¶

Faraday’s first law of electrolysis: the mass of a substance deposited on an electrode during electrolysis is directly proportional to the amount of electricity transferred to this electrode. By the amount of electricity, we mean the total electric charge that has passed through the surface of the electrode.

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Wikipedia.

mass¶: mass deposited on the electrode.

Symbol:: m
Latex:: \(m\)
Dimension:: mass

equivalent¶: electrochemical_equivalent.

Symbol:: Z
Latex:: \(Z\)
Dimension:: mass/charge

current¶: current.

Symbol:: I
Latex:: \(I\)
Dimension:: current

time¶: time.

Symbol:: t
Latex:: \(t\)
Dimension:: time

law¶

m = Z * I * t

Latex:: \[m = Z I t\]