We construct an electrochemical cell at 25 o C as follows, one half-cell is standard Zn 2+ |Zn cell, that is, strip of zinc immersed in a 1.00 M Zn 2+ solution; the other is nonstandard hydrogen electrode in which a platinum electrode is immersed in a solution of unknown hydrogen ion concentration with gaseous hydrogen bubbling through it at a pressure of 1.000 atm. The observed cell voltage is 0.522 V b. Calculate [H + ] in the second half cell. Please answer with explanations

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We construct an electrochemical cell at 25 o C as follows, one half-cell is standard Zn 2+ |Zn cell, that is, strip of zinc immersed in a 1.00 M Zn 2+ solution; the other is nonstandard hydrogen electrode in which a platinum electrode is immersed in a solution of unknown hydrogen ion concentration with gaseous hydrogen bubbling through it at a pressure of 1.000 atm. The observed cell voltage is 0.522 V


b. Calculate [H + ] in the second half cell.

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