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Reduction potential diagrams and disproportionation

The redox reactions which a given species can undergo are summarized in a reduction potential diagram. As an example, consider Cu tex2html_wrap_inline953 which can undergo an oxidation:

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and a reduction

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and finally, there is the additional half-cell reaction:

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These are summarized in the following diagram:

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Figure 1:

Combining the two half-cell reactions gives the overall disproportionation reaction:

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Mark Tuckerman
Thu Dec 10 18:21:07 EST 1998