Concentration changes on Cell Potential
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Nathan Tran 4K
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Concentration changes on Cell Potential
Can someone explain how cell potential changes with changes of concentrations of reactants and products? What is the justification behind these changes?
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Seohyun Park 1L
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Re: Concentration changes on Cell Potential
Cell Potential changes depend on Q (concentration of products/reactants) as the reaction is always going to proceed towards equilibrium (K). So as Q gets closer to K, the cell potential will decrease as the reaction is closer to equilibrium. Standard cell potential is in the situation when the cell concentrations are 1M, so when Q=1.
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