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    This document discusses concepts in electrochemistry including oxidation-reduction reactions, voltaic cells, standard reduction potentials, the Nernst equation, and lithium-ion batteries. Key topics covered include identifying oxidizing and reducing agents, balancing redox reactions, determining cell potentials under standard and non-standard conditions using reduction potentials and the Nernst equation, and describing processes in lithium-ion batteries. Equations provided relate standard cell potential, Gibbs free energy, equilibrium constants, and cell potential as a function of concentration. Example problems are given to apply these concepts.

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    Electrochemistry

    Oxidation state for atoms in molecules


    What is oxidized what is reduce, what is the oxidizing agent and what is the reducing agent.
    Balance redox reactions in acidic or basic solutions
    Voltaic cells: anodes and cathode, what side does oxidations occurs and what side does reduction
    occur. determine emf if given table (standard reduction table potentials), salt bridge, directions of
    electron flow,
    Standard hydrogen potential, what is it and what are conditions.
    Free energy and redox reactions
    Cell potentials under nonstandard conditions and Nernst equations
    Concentrations cells
    Lithium-ions batteries
    Be able to use the following equations

    E°cell = E°red (cathode) - E°red (anode)


    ∆G = -nFE F = 96,485J/ V x mols
    ∆G0 = -nFE0
    ∆G0 = -RTlnK
    RT
    ∆G0 = lnK
    nF

    0.0592V
    E =E0- loqQ
    n
    20.25 Complete and balance the following equations and identify the reducing agent and the
    oxidizing agent.
    (a) Cr2O72- (aq) + I-(aq) → Cr3+(aq) + IO3-(aq) (acidic solution)
    (b) MnO4-(aq) + CH3OH(aq) → Mn2+(aq) + HCOOH(aq) (acidic solution)
    (c) I2(s) + OCl-(aq) → IO3-(aq) + Cl-(aq) (acidic solution)
    (d) As2O3(s) + NO3-(aq) → H3AsO4(aq) + N2O3(aq) (acidic solution)
    (e) MnO4-(aq) + Br-(aq) → MnO2(s) + BrO3-(aq) (basic solution)
    (f) Pb(OH)42-(aq) + OCl-(aq) → PbO2(s) + Cl-(aq) (basic solution)
    20.26 A voltaic cell similar to that shown in Figure 20.5 is constructed. One electrode half-
    cell consists of a silver strip placed in a solution of AgNO3, and the other has an iron strip
    placed in a solution of FeCl2. The overall cell reaction is
    Fe (s) + 2 Ag+(aq) → Fe2+(aq) + 2 Ag(s)

    Fe(s) Ag(s)
    NO3 − Na+

    Fe2+ Ag+

    2 e−

    a.What is being oxidized, and what is being reduced

    b.Write the half-reactions that occur in the two half-cells.

    c.Which electrode is the anode, and which is the cathode?

    d.Indicate the signs of the electrodes.

    e.Do electrons flow from the silver electrode to the iron electrode or from the iron to
    the silver?

    f.In which directions do the cations and anions migrate through the solution?
    20.35 A voltaic cell that uses the reaction

    Tl3+(aq) + 2 Cr2+(aq) → Tl+(aq) + 2 Cr2+(aq) aq


    has a measured standard cell potential of + 1.19 V.
    a. Write the two half-cell reactions.

    b. By using data from Appendix E, determine E°red for the reduction of Tl3+(aq) to Tl+
    (aq) .

    Sketch the voltaic cell, label the anode and cathode, and indicate the direction of electron
    flow.
    20.41 1 M solution of Cu NO3 2 is placed in a beaker with a strip of Cu metal. A 1 M
    solution of SnSO4 is placed in a second beaker with a strip of Sn metal. A salt bridge
    connects the two beakers, and wires to a voltmeter link the two metal electrodes.
    a. Which electrode serves as the anode, and which serves as the cathode.

    b. Which electrode gains mass and which electrode losses mass as the reaction proceeds.

    c. Write the equation for the overall cell reaction.

    d. What is the emf generated under standard conditions.


    20.65 A voltaic cell is constructed with two Zn2+ - Zn electrodes. The two
    half-cells have [Zn2+] = 1.8 M and [Zn2+] = 1.00 x 10-2 M, respectively.
    a. Which electrode is the anode of the cell?

    b. What is the standard emf of the cell?

    c. What is the cell emf for the concentrations given?

    d. For each electrode, predict whether Zn 2+ will increase, decrease, or stay the same
    as
    the cell operates.
    20.53 If the equilibrium constant for a two-electron redox reaction at 298 K is
    1.5 x 10-4, calculate the corresponding ∆G° and E°.
    20.59. A voltaic cell is based on the reaction
    Sn (s) + I2 (s) → Sn2+(aq) + 2 I-(aq)
    Under standard conditions, what is the maximum electrical work, in joules, that the cell can
    accomplish if 75.0 g of Sn is consumed?
    20.67. A voltaic cell utilizes the following reaction:

    4 Fe2+(aq) + O2(g) + 4 H+(aq) → 4 Fe3+(aq) + 2 H2O (l)

    a.What is the emf of this cell under standard conditions?

    b. What is the emf of this cell when Fe2+ = 1.3 M and Fe3+ = 0.010 M, PO2 = 0.50 atm and the pH
    of the solution in the cathode is 3.5
    20.79 In a Li-ion battery the composition of the cathode is LiCoO2 when completely
    discharged. On charging, approximately 50% of the Li+ ions can be extracted from the
    cathode and transported to the graphite anode where they intercalate between the layers.
    a. What is the composition of the cathode when the battery is fully charged?

    b. If the LiCoO2 cathode has a mass of 10 g (when fully discharged), how many coulombs of
    electricity can be delivered on completely discharging a fully charged batter

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