Having a bit of trouble understanding how corrosion of tin by oxygen dissolved in
happens:
Sn | Sn2+ (1 mol dm−3) || O2 (10-6 atm), H+ (10−7 mol dm−3) | Pt
The question I have asks me to sketch what this cell looks like and the role of the PT electrode and also to write overall redox equaiton.
Would I just draw two beakers one containing Pd in 1M of solution of its ions and one containing water, both connected with a voltmeter and a saltbridge between them.
I am not quite sure what to do as I have only come across when there have been 2 metals present.
Is the pd electrode just to compare the equilibrium against that of the O2?
Any help appreciated!