In a galvanic cell, a full redox reaction takes place, one half-reaction at each electrode. How is the cell potential calculated? By multiplying the cathode potential and the anode potential By subtracting the anode potential from the cathode potential It can only be estimated from the reactivity series It is experimentally determined
In a galvanic cell, a full redox reaction takes place, one half-reaction at each electrode. How is the cell potential calculated? By multiplying the cathode potential and the anode potential By subtracting the anode potential from the cathode potential It can only be estimated from the reactivity series It is experimentally determined
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Problem 90AP: Consider a galvanic cell for which the anode reaction is 3 Pb(s)Pb2+(1.0102M)+2e and the cathode...
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![In a galvanic cell, a full redox reaction takes place, one half-reaction at each electrode. How is the cell potential calculated?
By multiplying the cathode potential and the anode potential
O By subtracting the anode potential from the cathode potential
O It can only be estimated from the reactivity series
O It is experimentally determined](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5b803f15-9d5a-4d35-9f44-4bfe958960e2%2F67591e97-995f-4e08-89d5-03fe51a05254%2Fjgatzm3_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:In a galvanic cell, a full redox reaction takes place, one half-reaction at each electrode. How is the cell potential calculated?
By multiplying the cathode potential and the anode potential
O By subtracting the anode potential from the cathode potential
O It can only be estimated from the reactivity series
O It is experimentally determined
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