How does a catalyst speed up a chemical reaction
2 answers:
Answer: by lowering the activation energy.
Explanation:
Activation energy is the extra energy that must be supplied to reactants in order to cross the energy barrier and thus convert to products.
A catalyst is a substance which increases the rate of a reaction by taking the reaction through a different path which involves lower activation energy and thus more molecules can cross the energy barrier and convert to products.
The catalyst itself does not take part in the chemical reaction and is regenerated as such at the end.
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Answer: 0.18 V
Explanation:-
Here Cd undergoes oxidation by loss of electrons, thus act as anode. nickel undergoes reduction by gain of electrons and thus act as cathode.
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Here Cd undergoes oxidation by loss of electrons, thus act as anode. nickel undergoes reduction by gain of electrons and thus act as cathode.
Where both are standard reduction potentials.
Using Nernst equation :
where,
n = number of electrons in oxidation-reduction reaction = 2
= standard electrode potential = 0.16 V
Thus the potential of the following electrochemical cell is 0.18 V.