Question

A charged car battery of cells once engaged features chemical changes occurring at the electrodes:

cathode: Pb --- PbSO4

anode: PbO2----PbSO4

NB : Principal anion in this electrolyte is HSO4-

a. Balance each half equation.

b. Obtain full Voltaic equation.

c. Calculate E [ 0, cell] , Delta G [ 0,cell] and Keq [ 298.15K]

d. Repeat [c.] for charging cycle of this reversible cell.

e. If your battery consisted of 7 cells in series what would be the overall EMF ?

Answer 1