Homework #14.17

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The question is: Write the balanced half-reactions for the redox reaction of an acidified solution of potassium permanganate and iron (II) chloride. Write the balanced equation for the cell reaction and devise a galvanic cell to study the reaction.

I wasn't sure what the half reactions of this looked like, so I had to solve it with the manual. I was wondering if we would be expected to know how to solve a question like this one on the midterm, without any other information given (such as what potassium permanganate is).

[Maggie Bui 1H]

We've learned how to balance chemical reactions and write out chemical formulas, and know the reaction takes place in an acidified solution, so I think we should be expected to know how to balance the half-reactions. However, I think we'd have to be given the reduction potentials for each half reaction in order to know which half reaction occurs at the anode and which occurs at the cathode.