Externet Posted April 21 Posted April 21 Hello. Can someone teach me how a chemical reaction translates into potential differential Volts as a battery ? These chemical reactions / equations for these elements / compounds : Or as for a perhaps simpler case, the well known carbon-zinc vulgar cell yielding 1.5 volts.
chenbeier Posted April 22 Posted April 22 5 hours ago, Externet said: Hello. Can someone teach me how a chemical reaction translates into potential differential Volts as a battery ? These chemical reactions / equations for these elements / compounds : Or as for a perhaps simpler case, the well known carbon-zinc vulgar cell yielding 1.5 volts. Nernst law Potontials with positiv voltage minus Potential with more negative voltage gives potential between the two electrodes Here 1 V -(-0.26 V) = 1.26 V Zinc -0,763 V carbon-manganeseoxide +0,975 V 0,975V - (-0,763) = 1,738 V 1
Externet Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 (edited) Thank you ! Nernst law... will dig into it. And the figures you show come from an electronegativity table, or from a galvanic series table, the standard electrode potential table, the periodic table, or from other source am not aware of ? If it is a compound and not an element; how is the potential determined ? Should I had expected that 1.5V is actually 1.738 V or reverse instead ? Edited April 22 by Externet
chenbeier Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Because there are some more compounds in the battery like ammonium chloride, the practical voltage is 1,5 V https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=22363 The voltages can be found in electrical potential tables. 1
Sensei Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Externet said: If it is a compound and not an element; how is the potential determined ? Experimentally.
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