AQA · OCR A · Year 13

Hard electrode potential questions

Unfamiliar redox couples, missing electrode potentials, selective reductions and wording traps drawn from the mistakes examiners repeatedly report.

unfamiliar datamissing E°selective redoxprecise explanations

Fresh question

Decide the chemistry before the arithmetic

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One rule throughout

The more positive E° couple runs as the reduction. Reverse the other half-equation for oxidation, balance electrons, add the equations, then calculate the potential difference. The worked answer also shows the wording an examiner can mark unambiguously.

Hard mixed practice