(a) Write the half-reaction that occurs at a hydrogen electrode in acidic aqueous solution when it serves...

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(a) Write the half-reaction that occurs at a hydrogen electrode in acidic aqueous solution when it serves as the anode of a voltaic cell.
(b) The platinum electrode in a standard hydrogen electrode is specially prepared to have a large surface area. Why is this important?
(c) Sketch a standard hydrogen electrode.
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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