Electrode Potential and Standard Electrode Potential
Electrode Potential and Standard Electrode Potential: Overview
This topic discusses electrode potential and standard electrode potential and its purpose in detail. We will also learn some methods of measuring these potentials with examples.
Important Questions on Electrode Potential and Standard Electrode Potential
A solution containing one mole per litre of each is being electrolysed by using inert electrodes. The values of standard electrode potentials in volts are :
With increasing voltage, the sequence of deposition of metals on the cathode will be :

The standard potential of the following cell is 0.23 V at and 0.21 V at .
(ii) Calculate for the cell reaction by assuming that these quantities remain unchanged in the range .
(iii) Calculate the solubility of AgCl in water at .
Given: The standard reduction potential of the couple is 0.80 V at .

A standard hydrogen electrode has zero electrode potential because

When the samples of copper with zinc impurity is to be purified by electrolysis, the appropriate electrodes are –

Which of the following is oxidised by oxygen in acidic medium?

Which of the following facts is not true?

Consider the following four electrodes:
, , and
If the standard electrode potential of is , the reduction potentials in volts of the above electrodes follow the order:

Electrode potential of any electrode depends on

In the transition metal series, the positive standard electrode potential is shown by

The reaction at has The equilibrium constant for this reaction is

The value of potential of the cell in which the following reaction takes place at is
[At ]

Standard electrode potentials of redox couples and are and respectively. Which of these is best oxidising agent and reducing agent respectively?

Three metals , and are arranged in increasing order of standard reduction electrode potential, hence their chemical reactivity order will

Electrode potential for given reaction

Standard reduction potential is calculated at

Select the correct statement.
Given that .

The standard reduction potentials at of ,, and are , and volt respectively. The strongest oxidising agent among the following is

Metal which will easily release electron (s) in aqueous solution, is

The electode potential of anode at standard condition is called standard _____ potential.

The standard oxidation potential of zinc is _____ .
