Affecting E cell
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Affecting E cell
How does changing concentration of reactants or products in a reaction effect E cell?
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Re: Affecting E cell
Standard cell potential is an intensive property so it's independent of concentrations of reactants and products. As for cell potentials, apply Nernst equation and you should be good!
Re: Affecting E cell
If the reaction was at equilibrium, changing the concentrations will shift the equilibrium and change from standard E cell to E cell.
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Re: Affecting E cell
Changing the concentrations of the Ecell will change it from Ecell Standard to Ecell
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Re: Affecting E cell
Standard E cell will not change but E cell itself will change. The equation E = E* - (RT/Fn)lnQ, where Q involves concentrations of reactants and products, shows that concentration affects E cell.
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