Extraction of Metals - Result Question 43

####43. Copper is purified by electrolytic refining of blister copper. The correct statement(s) about this process is/are (2015 Adv.)

(a) impure Cu strip is used as cathode

(b) acidified aqueous CuSO4 is used as electrolyte

(c) pure Cu deposits at cathode

(d) impurities settle as anode-mud

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Solution:

  1. (a) is wrong statement. Impure copper is set as anode where copper is oxidised to Cu2+ and goes into electrolytic solutions.

(b) CuSO4 is used as an electrolyte in purification process.

(c) Pure copper is deposited at cathode as:

Cu2++2eCu: (At cathode) 

(d) Less active metals like Ag, Au etc settle down as anode mud.



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