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Chapter 13.10, Problem 31AAP
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Consider a magnesium
- (a) Which electrode is the anode?
- (b) Which electrode corrodes?
- (c) The direction of flow of electrons.
- (d) The direction of the movement of anions in the solution.
- (e) The direction of the movement of cations in the solution.
- (f) The anodic half-cell reaction equation.
- (g) The cathodic half-cell reaction equation.
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