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ISBN: 9781305079243

Author: Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 17, Problem 24Q

What is wrong with the following statement: The best concentration cell will consist of the substance having the most positive standard reduction potential. What drives a concentration cell to produce a large voltage?

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Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach

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Ch. 17 - Prob. 2ALQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 3ALQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 4ALQ Ch. 17 - Sketch a cell that forms iron metal from iron(II)...Ch. 17 - Which of the following is the best reducing agent:...Ch. 17 - Prob. 7ALQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 8ALQ Ch. 17 - Explain why cell potentials are not multiplied by...Ch. 17 - What is the difference between and ? When is equal...Ch. 17 - Prob. 11ALQ Ch. 17 - Look up the reduction potential for Fe3+ to Fe2+....Ch. 17 - Prob. 13ALQ Ch. 17 - Is the following statement true or false?...Ch. 17 - Prob. 15RORR Ch. 17 - Assign oxidation numbers to all the atoms in each...Ch. 17 - Specify which of the following equations represent...Ch. 17 - The Ostwald process for the commercial production...Ch. 17 - Prob. 19Q Ch. 17 - Prob. 20Q Ch. 17 - When magnesium metal is added to a beaker of...Ch. 17 - How can one construct a galvanic cell from two...Ch. 17 - The free energy change for a reaction, G, is an...Ch. 17 - What is wrong with the following statement: The...Ch. 17 - When jump-starting a car with a dead battery, the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 26Q Ch. 17 - Prob. 27Q Ch. 17 - Consider the following electrochemical cell: a. If...Ch. 17 - Balance the following oxidationreduction reactions...Ch. 17 - Prob. 30E Ch. 17 - Prob. 31E Ch. 17 - Prob. 32E Ch. 17 - Chlorine gas was first prepared in 1774 by C. W....Ch. 17 - Gold metal will not dissolve in either...Ch. 17 - Prob. 35E Ch. 17 - Consider the following galvanic cell: a. Label the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 37E Ch. 17 - Sketch the galvanic cells based on the following...Ch. 17 - Prob. 39E Ch. 17 - Prob. 40E Ch. 17 - Prob. 41E Ch. 17 - Prob. 42E Ch. 17 - Prob. 43E Ch. 17 - Give the standard line notation for each cell in...Ch. 17 - Prob. 45E Ch. 17 - Prob. 46E Ch. 17 - Prob. 47E Ch. 17 - Prob. 48E Ch. 17 - Prob. 49E Ch. 17 - The amount of manganese in steel is determined by...Ch. 17 - Prob. 51E Ch. 17 - Prob. 52E Ch. 17 - Estimate for the half-reaction 2H2O+2eH2+2OH given...Ch. 17 - Prob. 54E Ch. 17 - Glucose is the major fuel for most living cells....Ch. 17 - Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have shown some...Ch. 17 - Prob. 57E Ch. 17 - Using data from Table 17-1, place the following in...Ch. 17 - Answer the following questions using data from...Ch. 17 - Prob. 60E Ch. 17 - Consider only the species (at standard conditions)...Ch. 17 - Prob. 62E Ch. 17 - Prob. 63E Ch. 17 - Prob. 64E Ch. 17 - Prob. 65E Ch. 17 - Prob. 66E Ch. 17 - A galvanic cell is based on the following...Ch. 17 - Prob. 68E Ch. 17 - Consider the concentration cell shown below....Ch. 17 - Prob. 70E Ch. 17 - The overall reaction in the lead storage battery...Ch. 17 - Prob. 72E Ch. 17 - Consider the cell described below:...Ch. 17 - Consider the cell described below:...Ch. 17 - Prob. 75E Ch. 17 - Prob. 76E Ch. 17 - Prob. 77E Ch. 17 - Prob. 78E Ch. 17 - Prob. 79E Ch. 17 - An electrochemical cell consists of a nickel metal...Ch. 17 - An electrochemical cell consists of a standard...Ch. 17 - Prob. 82E Ch. 17 - Consider a concentration cell that has both...Ch. 17 - Prob. 84E Ch. 17 - Prob. 85E Ch. 17 - Prob. 86E Ch. 17 - Consider the following galvanic cell at 25C:...Ch. 17 - Prob. 88E Ch. 17 - Prob. 89E Ch. 17 - Prob. 90E Ch. 17 - Prob. 91E Ch. 17 - The solubility product for CuI(s) is 1.1 102...Ch. 17 - How long will it take to plate out each of the...Ch. 17 - The electrolysis of BiO+ produces pure bismuth....Ch. 17 - What mass of each of the following substances can...Ch. 17 - Prob. 96E Ch. 17 - An unknown metal M is electrolyzed. 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