Lecture 10

Question 1

True or false
The absolute value for E is determined experimentally.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Electrodes of the first kind are:

Answer 2

metal immersed in a solution of its ions

Question 3

Electrodes of the second kind are:

Answer 3

metal coated with an insoluble salt of the metal immersed in a solution containing the anion of the salt

Question 4

Silver / Silver Chloride Electrode consists of a silver wire coated with a layer of silver chloride immersed in KCl solution.

What is the non-diagrammatic representation of the cell?

Answer 4

Ag(s) | AgCl(s) | Cl-(aq)

Question 5

True or false A calomel reference electrode is an electrode of the second kind

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Redox electrodes are

Answer 6

inert metal immersed in a solution of a redox couple