Electrochemistry Doubt (Conductivity)

For weak electrolytes, at infinite dilution, the conductivity of the solution should be very high right?
No description
25 Replies
iTeachChem Helper
@Dexter
iTeachChem Helper
Note for OP
+solved @user1 @user2... to close the thread when your doubt is solved. Mention the users who helped you solve the doubt. This will be added to their stats.
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
No description
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
hmm interesting the book also says that conductivity at infinite dilution cannot be obtained by extrapolation of conductivity to zero concentration the line right before your highlight
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
yeah
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
so i'm guessing you can't use the graph as an argument to say that your conductivity should be very high we don't actually know what type of graph this is
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
hmmm i c
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
also it makes sense that the conductivity is low if you take a weak electrolyte and dump it into an ocean (of no other ions) sure, all the ions are broken apart, but the ocean is huge
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
that makes sense
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
you can't exactly use it as a conductor
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
but in this line it implies the opposite (yellow highlight)
No description
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
No description
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
since we don't know what type of graph it is, idt we can extrapolate "lower concentrations" to be near 0 still for all we know it peaks at 20000 and falls rapidly when it approaches 0 but this is just a guess
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
that could be the case
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
so ima let someone else take over
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
okay thanks a lot though
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
npnp
iTeachChem
iTeachChem2mo ago
Toppr Ask
A graph was plotted between molar conductivity of various electroly...
Click here👆to get an answer to your question ✍️ a graph was plotted between molarconductivityof various electrolytes naclquad hclquad andquad nh 4
iTeachChem
iTeachChem2mo ago
This is a better graph
Percy
PercyOP2mo ago
Yess...that makes sense...thank you sooo much
Cakey Bot
Cakey Bot2mo ago
iteachchem
Transcription requested by Nimboi
I think this graph is a little bit misleading because of the way it tapers to infinity, right? Mathematically, sure. But actually speaking, weak electrolyte will have a lower conductivity than a strong electrolyte at all points.
Nimboi
Nimboi2mo ago
ahh oke oke
iTeachChem
iTeachChem2mo ago
+solved @Nimboi
iTeachChem Helper
Post locked and archived successfully!
Archived by
<@1035556259417571408> (1035556259417571408)
Time
<t:1737437355:R>
Solved by
<@717724055217635398> (717724055217635398)

Did you find this page helpful?