Electrochemistry

Here are the list of major topics you should be familiar with from this chapter:
  • Assigning oxidation numbers
  • Identifying oxidizing and reducing agents
  • Redox reactions (identifying and writing half reactions)
  • Using oxidation numbers to predict redox reactions
  • Balancing redox reactions in acidic and basic conditions using the half reaction method (and the oxidation state method if your teacher will test on that content)
  • Spontaneity rule
  • Galvanic cell (drawing, labelling, identifying the direction of electron and ion flow)
  • Cell potential calculations (aka E or electromotive force or e.m.f)
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