Asked in ETEA MDCAT 2016 2016Moderate

If one Faraday was to be 30,230 coulombs instead of 96,500 coulombs then charge on an electron is:

Correct answer: C. 0.5 x 10^-19C

  • A. 1.5 x 10^-19C
  • B. 1 x 10^-19C
  • C. 0.5 x 10^-19C
  • D. 6.02 x 10^-19C

Explanation

The correct answer is 0.5 x 10-19C. A Faraday represents the total charge of one mole of electrons. Given that the new value of one Faraday is 30,230 C, you can find the charge of a single electron by dividing 30,230 C by Avogadro's number (6.02 x 1023), which yields 5.0 x 10-20 C, equivalent to 0.5 x 10-19 C. Other options do not correctly apply this division and thus represent incorrect values for the charge of a single electron.

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