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Offline Seascratch

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Hydroxide Standard Redox Potential?
« on: June 27, 2014, 02:18:56 PM »
This question may seem somewhat odd.

So it seems like hydroxide is a strong reducing agent but for some reason we don't seem to have standard redox potential to tell us that. So I'm just wondering why is that?

Also, hydrogen ion seems like a strong oxidizer isn't it? Why don't we have a standard redox potential to tell us how strong of an oxidizer it is?

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Re: Hydroxide Standard Redox Potential?
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2014, 04:33:23 PM »
Hydroxide is not a strong reducing (nor oxidizing) agent.

You will find it between products of oxygen (and water) reactions though.
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Re: Hydroxide Standard Redox Potential?
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2014, 04:54:21 PM »
The standard reduction potential for hydrogen ion/H2 is 0.0 volts.

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