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define one faraday

Faraday is the quantity of electricity that is capable of depositing or liberating 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance in cathode during electrolysis.
It is represented by symbol F.
1F is approximately equal to 9.6494 × 104 coulombs.
 
 

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It has been found experimentally that the quantity of electricity required to liberate one gram equivalent of a substance is 96,495 coulombs. This quantity of electricity is known as Faraday and is denoted by the symbol F.

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