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Transcribed Image Text:One half-cell in a voltaic cell is constructed from a copper wire electrode in a 2.6 x 10-8 M solution of Cu(NO3)2 . The other half-cel
consists of a zinc electrode in a 0.55 M solution of Zn(NO3)2 - Calculate the cell potential.
You may need to use the following data:
E° = -0.763 V
Zn2+ (aq) + 2 e → Zn(s)
Cu?+ (aq) + 2 e + Cu(s) E° =+0.337 V
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