## cell potential equations

$E_{cell} = E_{cell}^{\circ}-\frac{RT}{nF}\ln Q$

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### cell potential equations

For the equation E= E -RT/nF lnQ and E=E- 0.05916/n logQ, I get different answers. Is one preferred over the other? Or will both answers be accepted?

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### Re: cell potential equations

The two should give equivalent answers as the change from log to ln is accounted for. Make sure the constants are the right units/value?

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### Re: cell potential equations

Maybe you made some calculation error along the way or plugged numbers in your calculator wrong. They should be the same.

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### Re: cell potential equations

depending on your calculator, you might have to put in log with a base of 10 explicitly since some calculators imply that base while others dont

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