Mass of film deposited during electrolysis¶

Electrolysis is a physico-chemical process consisting in the release of components of dissolved substances or other substances on the electrodes, which are the result of secondary reactions on the electrodes, which occurs when an electric current passes through a solution or melt of an electrolyte.

Notation:

\(e\) (e) is elementary_charge.
\(N_\text{A}\) (N_A) is avogadro_constant.

film_mass¶: mass of the film deposited.

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

current¶: current in the electrolyte.

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

molar_mass¶: molar_mass of deposited metal.

Symbol:: M
Latex:: \(M\)
Dimension:: mass/amount_of_substance

current_output¶: Current output is the fraction of electric current spent on the passage of the target electrochemical reaction.

Symbol:: B
Latex:: \(B\)
Dimension:: dimensionless

valence¶: valence of the deposited metal.

Symbol:: v
Latex:: \(v\)
Dimension:: dimensionless

time¶: time of electrolysis.

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

law¶

m = I * M * B * t / (v * e * N_A)

Latex:: \[m = \frac{I M B t}{v e N_\text{A}}\]