JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA

Project on
ELECTROCHEMICALCELL
SUBMITTED TO. SUBMITTED BY.
MRS.SHWETA TIWARI AKASH
PGT CHEMISTRY 12-A
 ACKNOWLEGEMENT
I wish to express my deep gratitude and sincere thanks to
the principal Mr. Virendra Kumar Yadav for her
encouragementand for all the facilities that she provided
for this projectwork.
I extend my hearty thanks to Mrs. Shweta Tiwari, who
guided me to the successful completion of this project. It
ake this opportunity tobexpress my deepsense of gratitude
for this invaluable guidance constant encouragement,
immense motivation, which has sustained my efforts
atallstages of this Project work.
I can’t forget to offer my sincere thanks to my parents and
also to my classmates who helped me to carry out this
project successful and for their valuable advice and
support,which I received from then time to time.

AKASH

XII-A Signature of Teacher

 CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project entitled,
“ElectrochemicalCell” submitted by “AKASH” in partial
fulfilment of therequirements for CBSE in “PCM” at
“Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya” is anauthentic work
carried out by him under my supervisionand guidance.

To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in

theprojecthas notbeensubmittedto anyother institute.

Mrs.Shweta Tiwari
P.G.T Chemistry
 INDEX

S.no Topic

1 INTRODUCTION
2 EXPERIMENTALSETUP
3 SALTBRIDGEAND ITSFUNCTION
4 STANDARDEMF OF AN
ELECTROCHEMICALCELL
5 SOMEIMPORTANTFEATURES
6 PROCEDURE
7 OBSERVATIONS
8 CONCLUSION
9 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 INTRODUCTION
ElectroChemical Cell
Whenever a redox reaction is allowed to take place
directlyinasinglebeaker,itisfoundthatthesolutionbecomesho
t. For example, when zinc is placed in a copper
solution,the solution is found to be warmer as the reaction
proceeds according to the equation.
Zn(s) +Cu(aq) ZnSo4(aq) +Cu(s)
Similar results are observed when a rod of copper is
placed in silver solution. The reaction taking place as
follows:
Cu(s)+2AgNo3+2Ag
Thus, we conclude that whenever a redox takes
placedirectly in a single in a single beaker, chemical
energy inthe form of heat is produced. By suitable
means it is possible to bring out the redox reaction
indirectly so as to convert the chemical energy into the
electrical energy.

Representation of an electrochemical Cell

An electrochemical cell is represented in a manner
anillustratedbelow.
Zn/Zn2+||Cu2+/Cu
I.e. by convention, the electrode on which oxidation
takesplace is written on the left-hand side and the other
the right-hand side.The electrode of the left-hand side is
written by writing the symbol of the metal first followed
bythesymbol ofthe ion withits concentration in brackets.
The electrode on the right-hand side is written by
firstwriting the ion along with its concentration in
bracketsfollowed bythe symbolofthe metal.

Experimental Setup
A zinc rod is placed in the zinc sulphate solution taken in a
beaker. A copper rod is placed in the copper sulphate
solution taken in another beaker. The two rods are
connected by a wire and two solutions are connected by
as alt bridge.

Salt bridge and Its Function

A salt-bridge is a U-shaped tube containing concentrated
solution of an inert electrolyte like KCL, KNO 3,K2SO4
etc.An inert electrolyte is one whose ions do not take part
inthe redox reaction and also do not react with electrolyte
used. The function of the salt bridge is to allow the
movement of the ions from one solution to the other
without mixing of the two solutions. Thus, whereas the
electrons flow in the outer circuit in the wire, the inner
circuit is completed by the flow of ions from one solution
tothe other through the salt bridge moreover, it helps
tomaintain the electrical neutrality of the solution of the
two half cells.
Thus,themainfunctionsof thesaltbridgeare:
 To complete the electrical circuit by allowing the
ionsto flow from one solution to the other without
mixing of the two solutions.
 To maintain the electrical neutrality of the solutions
inthetwo halfcells.
Let us see what would happen if the salt bridge were
notused in the cells show in the following diagram.
Electronsare given outbythezinc electrode where
they will neutralize some of the Cu2+ions of the
solution.Thus So42-ions will not leave and the solution will
acquire anegative charge. At the same time, Zn2+ions
produced from zinc plate will enter ZnSo4solution. After
some time,the flow of electrons will stop and hence the
current stopsflowing.

Standard EMF of an Electrochemical Cell

An electrochemical cell is based on reaction which can
besplitinto the two halfreactions:
 Oxidation halfreaction
 Reduction half reaction
Standard EMF of the
cell:Where,
Ecell= Electrode Potentialofthe cell
Ecathode=Electrode Potential of the oxidation half
reaction
Eanode=Electrode Potential of the oxidation half reaction
According to Nernst Equation, the relation between
concentration of electrode and the standard electrode
potential can be given as:
Ecell=Ecathode-Eanode
E = Eo–0.059/n Log [M]/ [Mn+]
Where,
E= Electrode Potential at non-standard conditions
Eo=Electrode potential at standard conditions
n= Number of electrons transferred in the
equation[M]=concentration of the
metal[Mn+]=concentration of metalion
 Some important features
 The electrode at which oxidation takes place is
calledthe anode. The electrode at which the reduction
takes place is called the cathode.
 Since electrons are produced at the zinc
electrodes,this electrode is rich in electrons, which
pushes theelectrons into the external circuit and
hence it is designated as the negative pole.The other
electrode,
i.e. the copper electrode is in the need of electrons
forthereductionofCu2+ionsintotheCu.
 The electrons flow from the negative pole to
thepositive pole in the external circuit.
However,conventionally, this current is set to
flow in theoppositedirection.
 The oxidation of Znintoions produces excess of
Zn2+ions in the left beaker. This creates an
unbalanced positive charge in the solution.
Tomaintain electrical neutrality of the solution in the
twobeakers, the cations and anions move through the
salt bridge.
 As copper from copper sulphate solution is
depositedon the copper electrode and sulphate ions
migrate tothe other side, the concentration of the
coppersulphate solution decreases. As the cell
operates consequently,the current falls.
 Evidently, the weight of the copper rod will
increasewhile thatofzincrod will decrease as the
 Procedure
 Take two clean beakers.
 In one beaker take 0.5M copper sulphate solution
andinthe other take0.5M zincsulphatesolution.
 Take acopper stripand cleanitusingasandpaper.
 Dip the copper strip into the beaker containing the
1Mcoppersulphate solution.
 Similarly, take a zinc strip and clean it using
asandpaper.
 Then dip into the beaker containing 1M zinc
sulphatesolution.
 Take a salt bridge and connect the two solutions
usingthesaltbridge.
 Take a voltmeter and connect the copper strip to
thepositive terminal and the zinc strip to the
negativeterminal usingconnecting wires.
 Note the positive of the pointer in the voltmeter
andrecordthe reading.
 Repeat the experiment by taking
differentconcentration of zinc sulphate and
the coppersulphatesolutions.
 Observations
S.no. MCuSo4 MZnSo4 EMF
1 0.5 0.5 0.98V
2 0.5 0.25 0.81V
3 0.25 0.25 0.90V

Conclusion
With these observations, we conclude that EMF of the
cellincreases with decreases in the concentration of
theelectrolyte around the anode and the increase in
theconcentrationofthe electrolytearoundthe cathode.