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• Redox Reactions and Introduction to Electrochemistry
  
  •  relate the sign of the electrode potential to the direction of spontaneous change
  •  combine half cells to produce balanced redox reactions and to calculate cell potentials
  •  identify the species which are being oxidzied and those being reduced in a redox reaction
  •  write down the cell notation for a Galvanic cell including ones involving inert electrodes
  •  use the Nernst equation to calculate the effect of concentration on the cell potential
  •  relate the electrode potential and the reaction quotient
  •  relate the standard electrode potential and the equilibrium constant
  •  use Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis to relate the amount of product to the electric current applied

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