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Cat Links Physical chemistry

What is an electrode potential?

Posted on May 18, 2022February 11, 2025 Sarah Parkes

If we place a strip of a metal such as zinc into a beaker containing zinc sulphate (the electrolyte) an

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Cat Links Fundamentals, Inorganic chemistry

Using oxidation states to balance half equations

Posted on May 17, 2022October 2, 2024 Sarah Parkes

Often writing a half equation to show reduction or oxidation is straight forward – all we need to do is

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Cat Links Calculations, Exam question practice, Fundamentals, Inorganic chemistry

Redox titration exam question practice

Posted on May 17, 2022October 2, 2024 Sarah Parkes

Redox titration questions are very popular on exam papers. They are usually set in an unfamiliar context and may require

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Cat Links Fundamentals, Inorganic chemistry

Writing balanced redox equations using half equations

Posted on May 17, 2022October 2, 2024 Sarah Parkes

Given two half equations, we need to be able to write a fully balanced redox equation both under acidic and

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Cat Links Fundamentals, Inorganic chemistry

Rules for assigning oxidation states

Posted on May 16, 2022February 17, 2025 Sarah Parkes

When the products of a reaction are molecular, or there are polyatomic ions such as SO42- involved, it is not

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Cat Links Fundamentals, Inorganic chemistry

What is a redox reaction?

Posted on May 16, 2022February 11, 2025 Sarah Parkes

Reactions in which both oxidation and reduction occur are called redox reactions. The acronym OILRIG might be familiar, reminding us

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