A student constructed an electrochemical cell composed of an Fe3+ (aq)/Fe(s) half-cell connected to an unknown half-cell. With Fe as the anode, the E net for the cell was 0.58 V. The same unknown half-cell was connected to an Ag+ (aq)/Ag(s) half-cell, and the silver electrode was the cathode. If the unknown half- cell contained M(s) as the metal electrode and M2+(aq) ions in solution, then the metals M(s), Ag(s), and Fe(s) in order of decreasing reducing agent strength were Fe(s), M(s), Ag(s) Fe(s), Ag(s), M(s) M(s), Ag(s), Fe(s) Ag(s), M(s), Fe(s) Other:

A student constructed an electrochemical cell composed of an Fe3+ (aq)/Fe(s) half-cell connected to an unknown half-cell. With Fe as the anode, the E net for the cell was 0.58 V. The same unknown half-cell was connected to an Ag+ (aq)/Ag(s) half-cell, and the silver electrode was the cathode. If the unknown half- cell contained M(s) as the metal electrode and M2+(aq) ions in solution, then the metals M(s), Ag(s), and Fe(s) in order of decreasing reducing agent strength were Fe(s), M(s), Ag(s) Fe(s), Ag(s), M(s) M(s), Ag(s), Fe(s) Ag(s), M(s), Fe(s) Other:

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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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