Lec 26 MIT 5 111 Principles of Chemical Science Fall 2005

Description: involves two electrons. The other reaction that is going in the forward direction is that zinc solid is going to zinc plus two plus two electrons. We have a reduction and an oxidation. This reaction would be occurring where, at the cathode or the anode? At the cathode. And so that must mean that the other one is happening at the anode. Now we need to know the standard reduction potential for the two couples. We need to know the reduction potential of copper two plus to copper solid, and we ...