Chapter 17, Problem 17.10VP

Interpretation Introduction

To find:

a) Which metal would be the cathode?Which solution would surround it?

b) Which metal would be the anode?Which solution would surround it?

c) When the reaction in [E]is finished, what will happen to the light blue color of the solution?

d) How could [E] be produced without a porous bridge or an external circuit?

e) Of the four particulate images [B], [D], [F], and [H] in Figure P17.10, which two correspond to the solutions [G] and [I]?

f) Which particulate image represents the copper wire with silver deposited on to it? What does the fourth particulate image depict?