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OXIDATION-REDUCTION COUPLE [1 record]

Record 1 1982-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrolysis (Electrokinetics)
  • Electrochemistry
  • Chemistry
CONT

Reducing agents may be ranked in order of tendency to react, and this ranking immediately implies an opposite order of tendency to react for oxidizing agents which complete the couple. A list of some oxidation-reduction couples ordinarily encountered and ranked in such fashion follows ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrolyse (Électrocinétique)
  • Électrochimie
  • Chimie
CONT

Potentiel d'oxydoréduction des couples redox. Une pile d'oxydoréduction est formée de deux demi-piles réunies par une jonction KCl, chaque demi-pile étant constituée par la solution aqueuse d'un couple redox dans laquelle plonge un métal inattaquable (platine).

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