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The mass of the ion deposited by passing a current of one Ampere for one second is called the ___ equivalent.

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We saw the term 'electrochemical equivalent' appears in the first law of Faraday's electrolysis laws.
It is defined as the mass of the ion deposited by passing a current of one Ampere for one second. It's unit is gram per Coulomb.

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