Diffusion and Fick’s Law Quiz
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What does Fick's law describe?

  • The flux of ions in an electrolyte
  • The rate of material passing through a plane unit area
  • The diffusion of materials due to random thermal movement of molecules (correct)
  • The relationship between concentration gradient and direction

    • What does the Nernst-Planck equation describe?

  • The flux of ions in an electrolyte, combining migration, diffusion, and convection terms (correct)
  • The relationship between molar flux and diffusion coefficient
  • The behavior of electrical potential gradients in a galvanic cell
  • The contribution of ions to cell voltage

    • What does the migration term in the Nernst-Planck equation describe?

  • The relationship between charge of species and mobility
  • The relationship between concentration gradient and direction
  • The movement of ions from high concentration to low concentration
  • The contribution in behavior from the electrical potential gradients (correct)

    • When can the Nernst-Planck equation be used?

    <p>For low concentrate solutions, where solvent-ion predominance is observed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the expression for cell voltage as a function of various overpotentials in a galvanic cell?

    <p>$V_{cell}=U_{cell}-Ση$</p> Signup and view all the answers

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