Edexcel A-Level Chemistry 9CH0
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
Bonding and Structure
Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Table
Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance
Organic Chemistry I
Modern Analytical Techniques I
Energetics I
Kinetics I
Equilibrium I
Acid-Base Equilibria
Energetics II
Redox II
Transition Metals
Kinetics II
Organic Chemistry II
Organic Chemistry III
Redox II
Electrochemical cells, emf and cell diagrams
- 3 things to know
- Papers 1 and 3
Overview
Calculating the standard emf of a cell, which electrode is positive and where oxidation and reduction occur, the salt bridge, writing and reading conventional cell diagrams such as the zinc and copper cell, and assembling electrochemical cells to measure their voltage.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
In a conventional cell diagram, what does a single vertical line represent?
In a cell, which electrode is the positive electrode?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
How is the standard emf of a cell calculated from two standard electrode potentials?
Model answer
E°cell = E°(positive electrode) − E°(negative electrode).
- 2
In a cell, which electrode is the positive electrode?
Model answer
The one with the more positive (less negative) standard electrode potential.
- 3
At which electrode does oxidation occur?
Model answer
At the negative electrode.
- 4
At which electrode does reduction occur?
Model answer
At the positive electrode.
- 5
What is used to complete the circuit between two half-cells?
Model answer
A salt bridge.
- 6
In a conventional cell diagram, what does a single vertical line represent?
Model answer
A phase boundary between different states, such as between a metal and its solution.
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