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Would ionic conduction be halted by shielding at the electrodes?

I've done this experiment myself and seen it front of my eyes. Set up a basic circuit with a battery, an LED, and connect the circuit with a salt-water solution and copper wire. The LED lights up. If ...
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What will be the reaction between tin (II) chloride and copper (II) chloride?

I just tried conducting an experiment during lunch today. Now, I calculated this reaction 4 days ago dealing with electrochemistry, $$\ce{SnCl2 + CuCl2 -> Cu(s) + SnCl4}$$ Theoretically, I got ...
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Why is zinc deposited on copper when boiling an aqueous zinc sulfate solution?

I did an experiment where I dissolved 30 grams of zinc sulfate in water and boiled it with strips of solid zinc metal and strips of copper metal and a layer of zinc was deposited on the copper. I ...
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