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Offline nicnac89

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Calculate equilibrium potential?
« on: May 26, 2008, 10:44:07 AM »
The question is:

In a solution, the concentrations of Eu^3+ and Eu^2+ are 2.5 x 10^-2 mol dm^-3 and 2.5 x 10^-3 mol dm^-3 respectively.  Given that the standard potential for the Eu^3+/Eu^2+ redox reaction is -0.43V, determine the equilibrium potential for the system.

I'm guessing you use:

E = RT/nF ln (Eu^2+/Eu^3+)

but after that I'm not sure where the -0.43V (standard potential) comes into it...do you subtract the answer from this?

That's really just a stab in the dark so any help will be much appreciated!

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Re: Calculate equilibrium potential?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 11:37:00 AM »
Nernst equation doesn't look the way you posted it.
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