A button cell used in watches functions as following: If half cell potentials are: The cell potential will be:
0.84 V
1.34 V
1.10 V
0.42 V
In the given button cell reaction, Zinc () is oxidised to and silver oxide () is reduced to silver (). Therefore, the zinc electrode acts as the anode and the silver electrode acts as the cathode. The standard cell potential () is calculated using the formula: Given the standard reduction potentials: Substituting these values into the formula: The standard cell potential is .
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