Electrode Definition and 81 Threads

What is the relation between Electrode Potentials and Redox reactions ? Can we determine the relative strength of reduction of a metal by looking just at the electrode potentials ? Here is a particular thing that confuses me : We know that the standard electrode potential of Lithium is...

Hi I'm new to the forum, so first I want to say hello to everyone. I have been interested in Colloidal Silver lately, and I have produced it with electrolysis in distilled water with NaCl as an electrolyte. I have used a Silver electrode and cathode for both of these experiments. I...

In set-up with two half-cells and a voltmeter, the potential difference is measured using the voltmeter. But voltmeter has high resistance,which i know is still able to measure potential difference,but wouldn't it prevent electrons from flowing What i meant was,the use of voltmeter creates a...

Homework Statement 1st question:A voltaic cell is made up of mg2+/mg half-cell and fe3+/fe2+ half-cell. Which of the following statement are correct? a.addition of water to the fe3+/fe2+ half-cell has no effect on cell emf. b.increasing the temperature has no effect on the cell emf...

I'm new to this forum, I am studying in grade 9 and I am working on my electrolysis project but I had trouble understanding about ion and electrode (this is not my homework, I just don't understand) why does positive ion attract to negative electrode, I know that positive should attract...

I found this article on the web, describing how metals set up electrode potential in water or solution. How I see it the whole explanation makes sense to me, but I am not sure if its the right explanation. Could someone verify this? :confused:

If I try to determine the standard electrode potential of Fe2+ -------> Fe3+ + e- What would be the concentrations of Fe ions ? Would I mix 1 mol/dm3 of Fe2+ and 1 mol/dm3 of Fe3+ ions ?

How to choose an adequate reference electrode and what is the principal mechanism?

I don't know why, but I just can't figure this out. "Calculate the electrode potential for a silver filled electrode in a solution of 0.00550 M AgNO3 solution." I got that Ag+ + e- --> Ag(s) had an E* = .80V I got that the answer is E=.80 - .0592 log (1/.00550M)= .6655 V But why...

Hi, Someone told me that a potential of 10^6 volts is not stable because it would cause spontaneous electron-positron creation from the vacuum. Is this true? I thought one could reach higher potentials than 1000000 volts.

I have a question on electrolysis: In the electrolysis of aq Copper (II) Chloride using silver electrodes, what are the products? Cathode : Copper or silver are deposited here? cos both are in the solution anode : silver electrode decrease in size... with silver deposits? Am I correct?

Homework Statement Evaluate the equilibrium constant for the formation of triodide ion. I2 + I- ------> I3- a 298K, if EI2|I-o = 0.6197V and EI3-|I-o=0.5355V I don't understand one thing - At equilibrium, ΔG=0 so that Eocell=0 (from the equation ΔG=-nfE) but Eocell is not zero for...

Homework Statement If 3.00 10-3 kg of gold is deposited on the negative electrode of an electrolytic cell in a period of 2.62 h, what is the current in the cell during that period? Assume the gold ions carry one elementary unit of positive charge. Homework Equations delta Q/delta T...

why the electrode potential arise at the electrode in contact with its ionic solution?

My question about electrochemistry is best phrase via an exercise in "Intermolecular and surface forces" by Israelachvili (although this is not my homework problem!): When an electric field is applied across an electrolyte solution containing charged particles they are seen to move parallel...

[Moderator note: This is an old thread from 2010. But it sounds like a good question, so I moved it here and bumped it to the top.] Hello, this is my first post to PF. I've been trying to find out my answer in similar posts (resistance of a disk, ...) with no luck. So I would really appreciate...

Homework Statement Why are carbon, platinum and gold inert? Homework Equations Duplet or Octet configuration The Attempt at a Solution We use inert elements such as carbon, platinum and gold as the electrodes to prevent the electrodes react with the electrolyte. As far as I know...

1. Can someone explain the density of the field line near the electrodes for the different electrode. 2. How would the different field densities described above affect the force on a charge?

Electrode Voltage Difference Homework Statement A vacuum photodiode is constructed by sealing two electrodes in a vacuum tube. The electrodes are separated by L and connected to a battery and a resistor (R). The potential difference between the cathode and anode is approximately equal to...

Homework Statement Suggest why manganate(VII), rather than dichromate(VI) is used to titrate with Fe(II) in volumetric analysis. The Attempt at a Solution i have figured out 2 possible answers but both may not be correct... 1. the colour change is sharper with manganate (purple to...

Dear All I will be grateful for any idea on how to measure electrochemically the charge carrier in an electrode say working electrode made of Al. Thank you from advance Shay

Dear subscribers Re: Stability test of reference electrode One of the important properties of reference electrode is its stability during measurements or potential scan. How one can check its stability in a certain electrochemical system? One of the way is to use internal reference...

Consider a capacitor which is just like a plate capacitor, but instead of the upper electrode being a plate it is a point charge Q. the lower plate is held at a fixed potential V=0. how could you calculate the capacitance of the system? when trying to calculate - it looks like it will be 0...

Does anyone know why we prepare F- containing solutions with plastic beakers and cups instead of the regular glass beakers before measuring the responses with F- ion selective electrode Is it because F- in corrosive? where can i find infomation on this? Thanks a lot~

I am trying to built a double ring electrodynamic trap for aerosol particles. Please suggest me for this project. Thanks

Electrodes in cells usually have a sign of either + or - My textbook talks about the + as because the electrode is positively charged and - when negatively charged. But is that correct? The electrodes are meant to be conductors and shouldn't be charged at any time. When they do, the ions...

In a battery cell, let iodine (I2) be the oxidant. In this half cell, what could the electrode be? Could it have an I2(solid) coating so when it accepts electrons, it will form iodide and fall into the solution? I recall I2 was a solid. But what physical form would iodide (I-) be? It will try to...

Hello everybody I would like to know the potential of two electrode. 1- The first is the electrode of Ag/Ag+ in a saturated solution of NaCl I think that the pKs of AgCL is 9.8 (is it right?) So E= E0+0.06log[(Ks)1/2] E=0.8-0.506 E=0.506 vs ENH Is it correct? (in a book I found a...

When we work out the E cell of with the electrode potential values of Zinc and copper (for example) Why does a positive E cell value indicate that the reaction is plausible?

The standard electrode potential of a Cu/Cu^2+ half-cell is given as 0.34V. However, the half-cell will only have this electrode potential relative to the hydrogen electrode when the concentration of Cu^2+ ions is 1mol.dm^-3. But won't most of the aqueous Cu^2+ ions form complexes...

i am looking into buying either a stick electrode arc welder or a semi-automatic flux spool fed arc welder does anyone have suggestions about using either/or? thanks