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Explanation for a basic decomposition of water experiment
My son is trying to write a conclusion for a basic decomposition of water experiment using a 9 V battery (with a test tube placed over each terminal) placed inside a salt water solution. The results ...
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Calculating the standard reduction potential for the oxidation of water
I was working with Latimer and Frost diagrams for oxygen when I came across what seems to me a contradiction.
From the Latimer diagram for oxygen below, we know the standard reduction potential for ...
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water in redox reactions [closed]
why water can't react as anode , with metals , in a redox reaction?
while studying electrochemistry, i passed through a table with certain metals , all having voltage (potential energy) less than ...
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Extraction of hydrogen and oxygen from water
The apparatus that I am using is a glass container, with two electrodes,two glass cylinders, water, and a battery. In the glass container will be filled with water and two electrodes kept inside the ...
