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How many moles of copper (Cu) are present in a sample that requires 4000 coulombs of electricity to be completely oxidized in a coulometric analysis?

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To solve this problem, we need to use the following equation:moles =  coulombs  /  Faraday constant * n where:- moles represent the number of moles of copper  Cu - coulombs represent the amount of electricity used  4000 C - Faraday constant  F  is approximately 96485 C/mol- n is the number of electrons transferred in the redox reactionFor copper, the redox reaction is:Cu s   Cu aq  + 2eIn this reaction, copper loses 2 electrons  n = 2  to form Cu ions.Now, we can plug the values into the equation:moles =  4000 C  /  96485 C/mol * 2 moles = 4000 / 192970moles  0.0207Therefore, there are approximately 0.0207 moles of copper in the sample.

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