JEE Main20205 Sep 2020Morning ShiftChemistryGeneral Principles and Processes of Isolation of MetalsActual
An Ellingham diagram provides information about:
Options
- Athe conditions of pH and potential under which a species is thermodynamically stable.
- Bthe temperature dependence of the standard Gibbs energies of formation of some metal oxides.
- Cthe pressure dependence of the standard electrode potentials of reduction reactions involved in the extraction
- Dthe kinetics of the reduction process.
Correct answer
B. the temperature dependence of the standard Gibbs energies of formation of some metal oxides.
Step-by-step solution
Ellingham diagram is graph of ΔG ° vs T of any metal/element oxide. since ΔG ° = ΔH ° - TΔS ° for most metal oxide formation metal (s) + oxygen (g) → metal oxide (s) Δ H ° = - ve ΔS ° = - ve so graph will be a straight line with - ve y-intracept & + ve slope.