(a)
Interpretation: The
Concept Introduction : Spontaneous reaction are those which is a spontaneous process under given conditions without any intervention. Such reactions are accompanied by certain distortion or change in entropy.
Cell potential under standard conditions is calculated as follows:
The reaction is spontaneous if the value of
(a)
Answer to Problem 20E
As
Explanation of Solution
The given reaction with oxidation state is:
From the reaction is it clear that Mn undergo reduction and I undergoes oxidation.
So, the half cells can be balanced as,
Reduction half cell:
Oxidation half cell:
Multiply oxidation half with 2 and reduction half with 5 to balance the electron gained and electron lost we get:
Adding both the reaction we get the balanced equation:
Now calculate cell potential using values from Table 11.1 as,
As
(b)
Interpretation: The
Concept Introduction : Spontaneous reaction are those which is a spontaneous process under given conditions without any intervention. Such reactions are accompanied by certain distortion or change in entropy.
Cell potential under standard conditions is calculated as follows:
The reaction is spontaneous if the value of
(b)
Answer to Problem 20E
As
Explanation of Solution
The given reaction with oxidation state is:
From the reaction is it clear that Mn undergo reduction and F undergoes oxidation.
So, the half cells can be balanced as,
Reduction half cell:
Oxidation half cell:
Multiply oxidation half with 2 and reduction half with 5 to balance the electron gained and electron lost we get:
Adding both the reaction we get the balanced equation:
Now calculate cell potential using values from Table 11.1 as,
As
(c)
Interpretation: The
Concept Introduction :: Spontaneous reaction are those which is a spontaneous process under given conditions without any intervention. Such reactions are accompanied by certain distortion or change in entropy.
Cell potential under standard conditions is calculated as follows:
The reaction is spontaneous if the value of
(c)
Answer to Problem 20E
As
Explanation of Solution
The given reaction with oxidation state is:
From the reaction is it clear that H undergo reduction as well as oxidation.
The reaction is already balanced.
Now calculate cell potential using values from Table 11.1 as,
As
(d)
Interpretation: The
Concept Introduction :: Spontaneous reaction are those which is a spontaneous process under given conditions without any intervention. Such reactions are accompanied by certain distortion or change in entropy.
Cell potential under standard conditions is calculated as follows:
The reaction is spontaneous if the value of
(d)
Answer to Problem 20E
As
Explanation of Solution
The given reaction with oxidation state is:
From the reaction is it clear that Ag undergo oxidation and Au undergoes reduction.
Multiply oxidation half with 2 and reduction half with 5 to balance the electron gained and electron lost we get:
Adding both the reaction we get the balanced equation:
Now calculate cell potential using values from Table 11.1 as,
As
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