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- 3. the cell potential when the salt concentrations of all salt solutions are 1.0mol/L under standard conditions of temperature and pressure
- 4. a circuit outside the reactions vessel in which redox reactions are occurring
- 7. the process of removing impuritiesOxidation number a number equal to the charge that an atom would have if no electrons were shared but instead were possessed by the atom with the greatest electronegativity
- 13. a substance that when dissolved in water, conducts an electric current
- 17. a reactant that donates electrons thus reduces another reactantHalf-reaction an equation that describes changes in only the compound that is oxidized or the compound that is reduced Disproportionation reaction a reaction in which some atoms of an element are oxidized and other atoms of the same element are reduced
- 19. abbreviated form of oxidation- reduction reactionIonic equation an equation in which soluble ionic compounds are written as individual ions
- 20. Ions that are present in a solution but do not change during a reaction
- 21. the potential difference between a given half-cell and a hydrogen half-cell, written as a reduction reaction, when all solutes are present at 1.0 mol/L concentrations at SATP and hydrogen gas is at 1.0 atm of pressure
- 22. a shorthand method of representing galvanic cells
- 23. a device that uses redox reactions to transform chemical potential energy into electrical energy
- 25. The study of processes involved in converting chemical energy into electrical energy and converting electrical energy into chemical energy
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- 1. The loss of electrons
- 2. an electrical connection between half cells that contain an electrolyte solution allowing a current to flow but preventing contact between the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent
- 5. a conductor that consists of neither the reactant nor the product but provides a surface on which redox reaction can occur.
- 6. an ionic equation in which the spectator ions are omitted Oxidizing agent a reactant that accepts electrons and thus oxidizes another reactant
- 8. a directional motion of electric charges
- 9. a technique that uses direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction
- 10. a common term for electrical potential differenceCell potential the electrical potential difference between the two electrodes of a cell
- 11. difference between two points, is the amount of energy that a unit charge would gain by moving from one point to the other
- 12. The gain of electrons
- 14. any device in which electrical energy is converted to chemical energy, or vice versa
- 15. the electrode at which oxidation occurs
- 16. a conductor that carries electric current into and out of electrochemical cells
- 18. the melting of ore and reduction of metal ions to atoms, then separating the metal from non-metal substances
- 24. the electrode at which reduction occurs
