A silver concentration cell is constructed with the electrolyte at both electrodes being initially 0.10 m AgNO

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A silver concentration cell is constructed with the electrolyte at both electrodes being initially 0.10 m AgNO3(aq) at 25°C.
The electrolyte at one electrode is diluted by a factor of 10 five times in succession and the cell potential measured each time. 

(a) Plot the potential of this cell against ln [Ag+]anode.

(b) Calculate the value of the slope of the line. To what term in the Nernst equation does this value correspond? Is the value you determined from the plot consistent with the value you would calculate from the values in that term? If it is not consistent, calculate your percentage error.

(c) What is the value of the y-intercept? To what term in the Nernst equation does this value correspond?

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Chemical Principles The Quest For Insight

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