Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780078021510
Author: Raymond Chang Dr., Kenneth Goldsby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 18.66QP
A concentration cell is constructed having Cu electrodes in two CuSO4 solutions A and B. At 25°C, the osmotic pressures of the two solutions are 48.9 atm and 4.89 atm, respectively. Calculate the Ecell, assuming no ion-pair formation.
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