A common reference electrode consists of a silver wire coated with AgCl(s) and immersed in 1 M KCl (pictured in Question 7).
AgCl (s) + e- → Ag(s) + Cl- (1 M) E° = 0.2223 V
What is Ecell when this electrode is a cathode in combination with a standard zinc electrode as an anode?
the Ecell of the system under investigation can be found out
Ecell = Eindicator −Ereference
so if we compare this equation to standard equation
Ecell = Ecathode −Eanode
and rearrange the to
Eindicator = Ecell + Ereference Ecathode = Ecell + Eanode
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