Faraday’s second law states that the mass of substances deposited on the electrode is proportional to their equivalent weight if the same amount of electricity is passed through different electrolytic solutions.

Faraday’s law : M ∝ E

M=nE

Where,

M is the mass of substance deposited

n is the number of moles

E is the equivalent weight of the substance

Q=It

where,

Q is the charge

I is the current and

t is time(in seconds)

Putting the values in the above formula , we get

1A x (10 x 60) sec = 600C

The electrochemical reactions for silver and copper are as given below:

Cu²⁺ + 2e^-→ Cu

Ag⁺ + e^-→ Ag

1 mole of electrons have a charge equal to 1 Faraday= 96500 C

For copper, we need 2 moles of electrons or (2F of charge) and for silver only one mole of the electron (1F of charge)

So, mass deposited

For silver,

If 1 F (96500 C) or 1 mole of electrons can deposit 1 mole i.e., 108 g of Ag, then

600 C can deposit,

g = 0.671 g of silver

For copper,

If 2 Faraday(96500 C) or 2 moles of electrons can deposit 1 mole i.e., 63g of Cu, then

600 C can deposit,

g = 0.195 g of copper

The highlighted fractions represent the equivalent weight.

Equivalent mass of Cu²⁺ is different from the equivalent mass of Ag⁺ so obviously the mass of copper deposited will not be the same as the mass of silver deposited.