A jewelry manufacturer wishes to deposit of copper metal from a solution using a…

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Problem

A jewelry manufacturer wishes to deposit

0.635\,\text{g}

of copper metal from a

\text{Cu}^{2+}

solution using a constant current of

2.00\,\text{A}

. Approximately how many minutes of electrolysis are required? (Atomic mass of Cu

= 63.5\,\text{g mol}^{-1}

) (a)

8.0\,\text{min}

(b)

32\,\text{min}

(c)

16\,\text{min}

(d)

13\,\text{min}