Electrode Potential and Standard Electrode Potential
Electrode Potential and Standard Electrode Potential: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Electrode Potential, Standard Hydrogen Electrode, Calomel Electrode, Reference Electrodes, Measurement of EMF of a Cell, Reduction Electrode Potential and, Standard Reduction Electrode Potential
Important Questions on Electrode Potential and Standard Electrode Potential
Two half-reactions of an electrochemical cell are given below :
What is the standard cell potential?

Two half-cell reactions of an electrochemical cell are given below :
What would be the final cell potential?

A copper-silver cell is set up. The copper ion concentration in it is 0.10 M. The concentration of silver ion is not known. The cell potential measured is 0.422 V. Determine the concentration of silver ion in the cell. Given : .

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 equilibrium constant for the reaction, would be, if the standard reduction potentials in acidic conditions are 0.77 V and 0.54 V respectively for couple.

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

Standard electrode potential data are useful for understanding the suitability of an oxidant in a redox titration. Some half cell reactions and their standard potentials are given below :
Identify the only incorrect statement regarding the quantitative estimation of aqueous

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

The standard reduction potentials of some half cell reactions are given below :
Pick out the Incorrect statement :-

If and . The standard emf of the reaction will be

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

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

A solution is 1 molar in each of and . To this metal is added, which of the following is true?
Given

The standard reduction potential for are respectively . The reaction will have more negative value when and are-

EMF of a cell in terms of reduction pontential of its left and right electrodes is:
