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Redox, not electrode, equilibrium
« on: December 15, 2013, 01:01:58 PM »
A lot of theory I have seen on redox reactions focuses on measuring equilibrium constants for these reactions using electrode potentials etc. But now I am trying to find out how to calculate equilibrium concentrations in redox systems, given all equilibrium constants, and don't know how to do it.

Say e.g. I drop iron in water. The equilibria are Fe3+ + e-  ::equil:: Fe2+, Fe2+ + 2e-  ::equil:: Fe, H2O  ::equil:: H+ + OH-, O2 (g) + 4H+ + 4e-  ::equil:: H2O, 2H+ + 2e-  ::equil:: H2 (g).

I can see no way to write the equilibrium system of equations this time. Even if we are given K values for all equilibria above. Yet I find this is a central question in order to understand redox equilibrium.

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