Given the following standard reduction potentials: Mg+2 = Mg(s) + 2e- E = (-) 2.37 V 2e- + I2(s) = 2I-   E = (+) 0.53V Calculate the cell potential for the following reaction: Mg(s) + I2 (s) = Mg+2 + 2I-

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  1. Given the following standard reduction potentials:

Mg+2 = Mg(s) + 2e- E = (-) 2.37 V

2e- + I2(s) = 2I-   E = (+) 0.53V

Calculate the cell potential for the following reaction:

Mg(s) + I2 (s) = Mg+2 + 2I-

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