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    This document contains 13 questions about electrochemistry concepts including: 1) Identifying the charges on half-reactions and balancing them 2) Writing half-reactions and overall cell reactions for galvanic cells 3) Calculating standard cell potentials using tabulated standard reduction potentials 4) Deriving the Nernst equation from thermodynamic principles 5) Identifying oxidized/reduced species and oxidizing/reducing agents

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    1. What are the net charges on the left and right sides of the following equations?
    Add electrons as necessary to make each of them a balanced half-reaction.

    a) NO3- + 10H+ ĺ NH4+ + 3H2O

    b) Cl2 + 4H2O ĺ 2ClO2- + 8H+

    2. Aluminium will displace tin from solution according to the equation:

    What would be the individual half-cell reactions if this were the cell reaction in a g
    alvanic cell? Which metal would be the anode and which the cathode?

    3. You have learned that the principles of thermodynamics allow the following
    equation to be derived:

    where ^ is the reaction quotient. Without referring to the text, use this equation
    and the relationship between ǻ and the cell potential to derive the Nernst
    equation.

    4. For the following reactions, identify the substance oxidised, the substance
    reduced, the oxidising agent and the reducing agent

    a) 2HNO3 + 3H3AsO3 ĺ 2NO + 3H3AsO4 + H2O

    b) NaI + 3HOCl ĺ NaIO3 + 3HCl

    c) 2KMnO4 + 5H2C2O4 + 3H2SO4 ĺ 10CO2 + K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 8H2O


    5. Balance the following equations for reactions occurring in an
    acidic solution.

    a) S2O32- + OCl- ĺ Cl- + S4O62

    b) NO3- + Cu NO2 + Cu2+

    c) IO3- + AsO33- ĺ I- + AsO43-

    6. Write the half-equations and the balanced cell reaction for each of the following
    galvanic cells

    a) Cd(s) Cd2+(aq)6Au3+(aq) Au(s)

    b) Cr(s) Cr3+(aq)6Cu2+(aq) Cu(s)

    c) Zn(s)|Zn2+(aq)6Cr3+(aq) Cr(s)

    7. Use the data in table 12-1 to calculate the standard cell potential for each of the
    following reactions at 25 °C.

    ÷ Cd2+(aq) + Fe(s) ĺ Cd(s) + Fe2+(aq)


     Br2(aq) + 2Cl-(aq) ĺ Cl2(g) + 2Br-(aq)

     Au3+(aq) + 3Ag(s) ĺ Au(s) + 3Ag+(aq)


    8. Write the cell diagrams for the galvanic cells formed by using the following pairs of
    half-reactions. For half-reactions in which all the reactants are in solution, assume
    the use of inert platinum electrodes. Calculate their standard cell potentials. For
    each pair, identify the anode and cathode.

    a) Co2+(aq) + 2e- Co(s)


    Zn2+(aq) + 2e- Zn(s)

    b) Ni2+(aq) + 2e- Ni(s)


    Mg2+(aq) + 2e- Mg(s)

    c) Au3+(aq) + 3e- Au(s)


    Sn2+(aq) + 2e- Sn(s)

    9. From the half-equations below, determine the cell reaction and standard cell
    potential.

    a)

    b)
    10. Given the following half-equations and their standard reduction potentials
    
    

    11. = +0.135 V for the reaction

    What is rcell if [Cr2O72-] = 0.010 M, [H+] = 0.10 M, [IO3-] = 0.000 10 M and [Cr3+] =
    0.0010 M?

    12. Suppose that a galvanic cell was set up having the net cell reaction:

    The Ag+ and Zn2+ concentrations in their respective half-cells are initially 1.00 M, and
    each half-cell contains 100 mL of electrolyte solution. If this cell delivers current at a
    constant rate of 0.10 A, what will the cell potential be after 15.00 h?

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