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Copper cooking pans are stainless steel pans plated with a layer of copper. Add the necess...

Copper cooking pans are stainless steel pans plated with a layer of copper. Add the necessary components (electrodes, wires, batteries) to this diagram of an electrolyticcell with a copper(II) nitrate solution to show how it could be used to copper plate a stainless steel (iron) pan.

a. What is the anode?


b. What is the cathode?


c. What is the half-reaction that takes place at the anode?


d. What is the half-reaction that takes place at the cathode?

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