Week 18 Chemistry Reading Response – Due Mon. Feb. 26th at 8 pm Week 18 Chemistry Last Name, First Name * 1. What happens to the cell potential as a battery discharges? What can you say about the value of deltaG for a "dead" battery? 2. Use the standard reduction potentials in Table 18.1 and the description on page 823 to explain why the iron in stainless steel does not corrode. 3. Consider the Nernst equation at the top of page 815. What does n stand for? If you plot cell potential vs ln(Q), what should the slope of the line be for a 2-electron reduction compared to a 1-electron reduction? 4. What did you find particularly interesting or surprising from the chemistry reading assignment? 5. What chemistry topics are you still confused about from previous weeks? 6. What would you like us to spend class time on from the chemistry reading assignment? Δ
