Question #18173

1 Answer
Jan 6, 2018

sf(E^@=+1.29color(white)(x)V)

Explanation:

You haven't given the relevant sf(E^@) values so I looked them up:

sf(Au^(3+)+3erightleftharpoonsAucolor(white)(xxxxxxxx)E^@=+1.42color(white)(x)V)

sf(Au^(+)+erightleftharpoonsAucolor(white)(xxxxxxxxxx)E^(@)=+1.68color(white)(x)V)

sf(Au^(3+)+2erightleftharpoonsAu^(+)color(white)(xxxxxxx)sf(E^@ is unknown

We need to convert these to free energy values and then apply the conservation of energy.

sf(DeltaG^@=-nFE^@)

sf(F) is the Faraday Constant

sf(n) is the no. of moles of electrons transferred.

Let sf(E^@) be the value we want to find.

We can say that:

sf(DeltaG^@[Au^(3+)rarrAu]=DeltaG^@[Au^(3+)rarrAu^(+)]+DeltaG^@[Au^(+)rarrAu])

:.sf(-3cancel(F)xx1.42=-2cancel(F)E^(@)-cancel(F)xx1.68)

:.sf(-2E^@=-4.26+1.68=-2.58color(white)(x)V)

sf(E^@=+2.58/2=+1.29color(white)(x)V)