A Zinc electrode is placed in a 0.1Msolution at 25oC. Assuming that salt is dissociated to 20% at this dilution, calculate the electrode potential. Given : EZn2+/Zn=−0.76V
A
-1.23 V
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B
-1.14 V
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C
-1.07 V
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D
-0.81 V
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Solution
The correct option is D -0.81 V [Zn2+]=0.1M×20100=0.02 Eel=Eoel−0.0592nlog1[Zn2+] Eel=−0.76−0.05922log10.02 Eel=−0.76−0.05 Eel=−0.81 V