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A certain amount of charge is passed through acidulated water. A total of `504mL` of hydrogen and oxygen were collected at STP. Find the magnitude of charge that is passed during electrolysis in coulombs.

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`1F=1 Eq of O_(2)+1 Eq of h_(2)`
`=5.6L O_(2)+11.2L of H_(2)=16.8L`
`16.8 xx 10^(3)mLimplies1F`
`504 mLimplies(1xx504)/(16.8xx10^(3))`
`=0.03F=0.03xx96500=2895C`
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