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ChemistryChemistry: An Atoms First ApproachYou want to “plate out” nickel metal from a nickel nitrate solution onto a piece of metal inserted into the solution. Should you use copper or zinc? Explain.

You want to “plate out” nickel metal from a nickel nitrate solution onto a piece of metal inserted into the solution. Should you use copper or zinc? Explain.

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Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach

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Steven S. Zumdahl + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305079243
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Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach

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Steven S. Zumdahl + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305079243

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Ch. 17 - What is a half-reaction? Why must the number of...Ch. 17 - Galvanic cells harness spontaneous...Ch. 17 - Table 17-1 lists common half-reactions along with...Ch. 17 - Consider the equation G = -nF. What are the four...Ch. 17 - The Nernst equation allows determination of the...Ch. 17 - What are concentration cells? What is in a...Ch. 17 - Batteries are galvanic cells. What happens to as a...Ch. 17 - Not all spontaneous redox reactions produce...Ch. 17 - What characterizes an electrolytic cell? What is...Ch. 17 - Sketch a galvanic cell, and explain how it works....
Ch. 17 - In making a specific galvanic cell, explain how...Ch. 17 - You want to plate out nickel metal from a nickel...Ch. 17 - A copper penny can be dissolved in nitric acid but...Ch. 17 - Sketch a cell that forms iron metal from iron(II)...Ch. 17 - Which of the following is the best reducing agent:...Ch. 17 - You are told that metal A is a better reducing...Ch. 17 - Explain the following relationships: G and w, cell...Ch. 17 - Explain why cell potentials are not multiplied by...Ch. 17 - What is the difference between and ? When is equal...Ch. 17 - Consider the following galvanic cell: What happens...Ch. 17 - Look up the reduction potential for Fe3+ to Fe2+....Ch. 17 - If the cell potential is proportional to work and...Ch. 17 - Is the following statement true or false?...Ch. 17 - Define oxidation and reduction in terms of both...Ch. 17 - Assign oxidation numbers to all the atoms in each...Ch. 17 - Specify which of the following equations represent...Ch. 17 - The Ostwald process for the commercial production...Ch. 17 - What is electrochemistry? What are redox...Ch. 17 - When balancing equations in Chapter 5, we did not...Ch. 17 - When magnesium metal is added to a beaker of...Ch. 17 - How can one construct a galvanic cell from two...Ch. 17 - The free energy change for a reaction, G, is an...Ch. 17 - What is wrong with the following statement: The...Ch. 17 - When jump-starting a car with a dead battery, the...Ch. 17 - In theory, most metals should easily corrode in...Ch. 17 - Consider the electrolysis of a molten salt of some...Ch. 17 - Consider the following electrochemical cell: a. If...Ch. 17 - Balance the following oxidationreduction reactions...Ch. 17 - Balance the following oxidationreduction reactions...Ch. 17 - Balance the following oxidation-reduction...Ch. 17 - Balance the following oxidationreduction reactions...Ch. 17 - Chlorine gas was first prepared in 1774 by C. W....Ch. 17 - Gold metal will not dissolve in either...Ch. 17 - Consider the following galvanic cell: Label the...Ch. 17 - Consider the following galvanic cell: a. Label the...Ch. 17 - Sketch the galvanic cells based on the following...Ch. 17 - Sketch the galvanic cells based on the following...Ch. 17 - Calculate values for the galvanic cells in...Ch. 17 - Calculate values for the galvanic cells in...Ch. 17 - Sketch the galvanic cells based on the following...Ch. 17 - Sketch the galvanic cells based on the following...Ch. 17 - Give the standard line notation for each cell in...Ch. 17 - Give the standard line notation for each cell in...Ch. 17 - Consider the following galvanic cells: For each...Ch. 17 - Give the balanced cell equation and determine for...Ch. 17 - Calculate values for the following g cells. Which...Ch. 17 - Calculate values for the following cells. Which...Ch. 17 - Chlorine dioxide (C1O2), which is produced by the...Ch. 17 - The amount of manganese in steel is determined by...Ch. 17 - Calculate the maximum amount of work that can be...Ch. 17 - Calculate the maximum amount of work that can be...Ch. 17 - Estimate for the half-reaction 2H2O+2eH2+2OH given...Ch. 17 - The equation G = nF also can be applied to...Ch. 17 - Glucose is the major fuel for most living cells....Ch. 17 - Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have shown some...Ch. 17 - Using data from Table 17-1, place the following in...Ch. 17 - Using data from Table 17-1, place the following in...Ch. 17 - Answer the following questions using data from...Ch. 17 - Answer the following questions using data from...Ch. 17 - Consider only the species (at standard conditions)...Ch. 17 - Consider only the species (at standard conditions)...Ch. 17 - Use the table of standard reduction potentials...Ch. 17 - Use the table of standard reduction potentials...Ch. 17 - Hydrazine is somewhat toxic. 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