Question

While performing an experiment with an electrolytic cell (both cathode and anode are zinc in 1 M ZnSO4 solution), what would happen if there was a large hole in the porous cup? What would happen to the reaction?

Answer 1

if there are large holes in the porous cup then pressure will increase due to gas coming from the outside environment. as pressure increases then Qwhich is reaction quotient will increase .

as we know that

Q={pressure of b * pressure of c}/pressure of a

such that abc are

as in this reaction ie .in the question

so presure of ions will increase and so Q will increase

then q will increase

then we know that

so as q will decrease then delta G will decrease so also we know that

so voltage of the solution will increase