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3 years ago

Why does a high temperature have to be used to weld pieces of metal together

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because of the metling point of metals, it is difficult to just simply put metal together and have them to stay together without any type of glue or epoxy based creams.

wielding is used to melt the surface or even change the compound completely so they are able to combine with other metals.

same thing with atoms, you need a lot of heat, and speed to simply make salt or even copper because of the elements not really being favorable of each other.

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<u>(a) As per question, lead is oxidized and copper is reduced.</u>

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Reduction half reaction: $Cu^{2+}+2e^-\rightarrow Cu$

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$Pb(s)+Cu^{2+}(aq)\rightarrow Pb^{2+}(aq)+Cu(s)$

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First we have to calculate the standard electrode potential of the cell.

$E^o_{[Pb^{2+}/Pb]}=-0.13V$

$E^o_{[Cu^{2+}/Cu]}=+0.34V$

$E^o=E^o_{[Cu^{2+}/Cu]}-E^o_{[Pb^{2+}/Pb]}$

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$E_{cell}=E^o_{cell}-\frac{0.0592}{n}\log \frac{[Pb^{2+}]}{[Cu^{2+}]}$

where,

n = number of electrons in oxidation-reduction reaction = 2

$E_{cell}$ = 0.507 V

Now put all the given values in the above equation, we get:

$0.507=0.47-\frac{0.0592}{2}\log \frac{[Pb^{2+}]}{(0.6)}$

$[Pb^{2+}]=0.0337M$

Therefore, the concentration of $Pb^{2+}$ is, 0.0337 M

<u>(b) As per question, lead is reduced and copper is oxidized.</u>

The oxidation-reduction half cell reaction will be,

Oxidation half reaction: $Cu\rightarrow Cu^{2+}+2e^-$

Reduction half reaction: $Pb^{2+}+2e^-\rightarrow Pb$

The balanced cell reaction will be,

$Cu(s)+Pb^{2+}(aq)\rightarrow Cu^{2+}(aq)+Pb(s)$

Here Copper (Cu) undergoes oxidation by loss of electrons, thus act as anode. Lead (Pb) undergoes reduction by gain of electrons and thus act as cathode.

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$E^o_{[Pb^{2+}/Pb]}=-0.13V$

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$E^o=E^o_{[Pb^{2+}/Pb]}-E^o_{[Cu^{2+}/Cu]}$