Electrochemistry: Redox Reactions and Galvanic Cells: Mr. Jeremiah G. Pedral Cs-Dps
Electrochemistry: Redox Reactions and Galvanic Cells: Mr. Jeremiah G. Pedral Cs-Dps
Electrochemistry: Redox Reactions and Galvanic Cells: Mr. Jeremiah G. Pedral Cs-Dps
• In free elements (that is, in the uncombined state), each atom has an oxidation number of
zero.
• For ions composed of only one atom (that is, monatomic ions), the oxidation number is
equal to the charge on the ion.
• The oxidation number of oxygen in most compounds is 2, but in hydrogen peroxide and
peroxide it is -1.
• Fluorine has an oxidation number of -1 in all its compounds. Other halogens (Cl, Br, and I)
have negative oxidation numbers when they occur as halide ions in their compounds.
• In a neutral molecule, the sum of the oxidation numbers of all the atoms must be zero.
Oxidation numbers
Oxidation numbers
Redox Reactions
• considered as electron transfer reactions. Oxidation-reduction reactions are
very much a part of the world around us. They range from the burning of fossil
fuels to the action of household bleach.
• the voltage across the electrodes of a galvanic cell is called the cell voltage,
or cell potential also known as electromotive force or emf (E),
Terminology for
Galvanic Cells
• Cell diagrams - the conventional notation for representing galvanic cells.
Standard Reduction
potentials
• the voltage associated with a reduction reaction at an electrode when all
solutes are 1 M and all gases are at 1 atm.
Standard Reduction
potentials
Standard emf
Standard Reduction
potentials
Standard emf
Standard emf
Example
Example
Exercise