A hydrogen gas electrode is made by dipping platinum wire in a solution of HCl of and by passing hydrogen gas around the platinum wire at one atm pressure. The oxidation potential of the electrode would be:
0.59 V
0.118 V
1.18 V
0.059 V
The half-cell reaction for the oxidation of hydrogen is: According to the Nernst equation, the oxidation potential is given by: For this reaction, . The standard oxidation potential of hydrogen and : We know that , so: Given , substituting the value: .
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