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Offline antoinetta

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Finding Max Work
« on: April 07, 2007, 12:30:42 AM »
I'm having trouble with setting the equation for this question:

What is the maximum useful  work which can be obtained from a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell that produces 1.36 kg of water at 25°C?  (Assume 1 atm pressure for the gases.)

So, I changed the mass of water to moles which is 75.56 g/mol

Work = -nFE0
F = 96487 J/V mole e-

So, I know this:  O2(g) + 4H+(aq) + 4e- -> 2H2O E0(V) = 1.23V

Where do I go from here?
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Re: Finding Max Work
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2007, 02:03:15 PM »
(Delta)G tells you the maximum amount of non-PV work that can be extracted from the system.  Use the equation (Delta)G = -nFE0 to find (Delta)G.

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