An understanding of electrochemistry allows us to predict the feasibility of reactions (useful), prevent corrosion in metals and build a fuel cell (also useful), amongst other things. Everything relates back to redox chemistry, and I emphasise this because you will need to keep going back to first principles to make sense of it all. Oxidation / reduction / oxidising and reducing agents are easily confused!
Predicting the direction of redox reactions
Using Ecell⦵ and Gibbs energy to find the equilibrium constant for a redox reaction
Corrosion and how to prevent it
The chemistry of batteries
The chemistry of acid and alkaline fuel cells
Using the Nernst equation to determine E for a half cell (non-standard conditions)
Exam question practice!
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