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FAQRedox reactions:
Frequently asked questions
Disproportionation
Electrochemistry
- How are battery reactions chosen?
- What factors affect electrode potentials?
- My measured cell voltages for a Cu/Zn cell don't seem consistent. Why?
- What is a voltage?
- Why does a voltage develop at an electrode surface?
Electroplating and metal redox
- What is an activity series, and how is it used?
- What are some more advanced references about factors that affect copper deposition?
- What's the easiest way to get pure Ag from AgNO3?
- Why does displacing copper using zinc produce a black precipitate?
- What factors affect the amount of copper plated from a CuSO4 solution?
- What is electroless plating?
- Why won't iron dissolve as easily in HNO3 as it does in HCl?
Half reactions
- Where can I find standard reduction potentials?
- Which half reaction is an oxidation and which is a reduction?
Redox in everyday life
- How does iron rust?
- How can I make a battery out of a lemon?
- How can I rust or patina metals like brass and steel?
- Why is nitroglycerin explosive?
- How can I demonstrate the electrolysis of water safely?
- Why did the metal objects in the Titanic corrode very slowly?
Redox reactions of hydrogen peroxide
- Are there any instrumental techniques for determining high H2O2 concentrations?
- What is the reaction when hydrogen peroxide, dish washing liquid and potassium iodide are mixed ?
- Will hydrogen peroxide blacken copper?
- How can peroxide remove hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide from wastes?
- What is the reaction between hydrogen peroxide and iodide?
Titrations involving iodine
- How can the starch/iodine reaction help me in my future career?
- What is the difference between iodometry and iodimetry?
- How does starch indicate iodine?
Titrations with permanganate ion
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