Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceChemistryElectrochemistry3 Marks
Question
Write a mote on molar conductivity $\left(\wedge_{\text {m }}\right)$ of solution and write down it's formula.
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Answer
→ The conductivity of solutions of different electrolytes in the same solvent and at a given temperature differs due to charge and size of the ions in which they dissociate, the concentration of ions or ease with which the ions move under a potential gradient. → It, therefore becomes necessary to define physically more meaningful quantity called molar conductivity denoted by the symbol ^m (Greek, lambda) Molar conductivity $=\wedge_{ m }=\frac{\kappa}{ c }$ → In the above equation, if k is expressed in $S$ $m ^{-1}$ and the concentration, c in mol $m ^{-3}$ then the units of $\wedge_{ m }$ are in $S\ m ^2\ mol^{-1}$. It may be noted that : $1 \ mol m ^{-3}=1000\left(L / m ^3\right) \times$ molarity $( mol / L )$, and hence $ → \wedge_{ m }\left( S\ m ^2mol^{-1}\right)=\frac{\kappa Sm ^{-1}}{1000 Lm ^{-3} \times \text { molarity } mol L ^{-1}} $ → If we use $S cm ^{-1}$ as the units for k and mol $cm ^3$, the units of concentration, then the units for $\wedge_{ m }$ are $S cm ^2 mol^{-1}$.It can be calculated by using the equation : $ \begin{array}{l} \wedge_{ m }\left( S cm ^2\ mol^{-1}\right)=\frac{\kappa S cm ^{-1} \times 1000 cm^3 L}{ molarity mol L } \\ 1\ S\ m ^2\ mol^{-1}=10^4 \ S \ cm ^2 \ mol^{-1} \text { or } \\ 1 \ S\ cm ^2 \ mol^{-1}=10^{-4} \ S\ m ^2\ mol^{-1} \end{array} $
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