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Fossil fuels and unnatural energy sources still dominate in the US, this influences many problems including global warming, climate change, and pollution. Burning fossil fuels is also a problem to human health. And unnatural resources won’t be there forever whereas, renewable sources could last a long time.

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Answer: The spontaneous cell reaction having smallest $E^o$ is $I_2+Cu\rightarrow Cu^{2+}+2I^-$

Explanation:

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$E^o_{(Fe^{2+}/Fe)}=-0.45V\\E^o_{(I_2/I^-)}=0.54V\\E^o_{(Cu^{2+}/Cu)}=0.34V$

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$E^o_{cell}=E^o_{oxidation}+E^o_{reduction}$

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Case 1:

Here, iodine is getting reduced and iron is getting oxidized.

The cell equation follows:

$I_2(s)+Fe(s)\rightarrow Fe^{2+}(aq.)+2I^-(aq.)$

Oxidation half reaction: $Fe(s)\rightarrow Fe^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-$ $E^o_{oxidation}=0.45V$

Reduction half reaction: $I_2(s)+2e^-\rightarrow 2I_-(aq.)$ $E^o_{reduction}=0.54V$

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Case 2:

Here, iodine is getting reduced and copper is getting oxidized.

The cell equation follows:

$I_2(s)+Cu(s)\rightarrow Cu^{2+}(aq.)+2I^-(aq.)$

Oxidation half reaction: $Cu(s)\rightarrow Cu^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-$ $E^o_{oxidation}=-0.34V$

Reduction half reaction: $I_2(s)+2e^-\rightarrow 2I_-(aq.)$ $E^o_{reduction}=0.54V$

$E^o_{cell}=-0.34+0.54=0.20V$

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Here, copper is getting reduced and iron is getting oxidized.

The cell equation follows:

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

Oxidation half reaction: $Fe(s)\rightarrow Fe^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-$ $E^o_{oxidation}=0.45V$

Reduction half reaction: $Cu^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-\rightarrow Cu(s)$ $E^o_{reduction}=0.34V$

$E^o_{cell}=0.45+0.34=0.79V$

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