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Cell voltage example .txt
It gains those electrons that are released by this zinc solid metal.
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So that means in step two, when we draw our electrochemical cell, the first half cell will contain our zinc solid.
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And that's because zinc is oxidized, and the anode always contains the oxidation reaction.
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So this is our zinc metal.
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That means this must be our cadmium metal.
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And so electrons will travel via the conductor, via this volt meter and into this cathode, into this electrode.
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The volt meter, by the way, is the thing that reads zero point 36 volts.
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So this sold bridge is placed here because it plays the role of closing the circuit.
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Without the sole bridge, this guy would not function.
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Electrons would not flow, and it's very important.
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So, once again, our anode, our place where oxidation occurs, and our cathode, the place where reduction occurs.
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So electrons travel from this way, from this electrode to this electrode.
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So when they leave this cell, this solid zinc releases electrons, right?
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Electrons begin to flow here.
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It also releases a zinc ion into this solution.
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And when the electrons travel this way, they combine.
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When they reach this metal, they combine with the cadmium ions forming our cadmium solid.
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So, in the third step, we basically want to use this cell voltage formula to find our cell voltage for the cathode.
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Remember?
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Now, we know that this guy, this value of negative zero point 76 represents the value for the anode.
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So we use this formula to solve for our cathode.
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So we know our 0.36 volts, which is told by the voltmeter.
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Now, this we don't know.
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So we let a DX minus now in parentheses we have a negative 0.76 volts, right?
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So negative and negative becomes a positive.
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Then we subtract both sides by this guy and we get x to be 0.36 -0.76 volts gives us negative 0.4 volts.
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So this is our cell voltage for the cathode cell for the cadmium for that reduction reaction of cadmium.
Charles Law .txt
Now we already spoke about a concept called the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases.
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And what this theory did for us is it helped us gain more intuition about how individual gas molecules interact on a very small microscopic level.
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Now we also spoke about a law called Boils Law.
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And what Boils Law did for us is it helps help us gain more intuition about the macroscopic behavior of gases.
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In other words, what happens at constant temperature when we take a balloon filled with air and squeeze it.
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Well, we said that, and Boyle's Law explained this, that when we squeeze the balloon, we decrease volume, increase pressure, and eventually our balloon will pop.
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Now we're going to look at another law called Charles Law which also helps us explain the macroscopic large scale behavior of many gas molecules and how they interact with one another and with our system.
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So for Charles Law to work, two conditions must hold.
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We must have constant pressure and we must have constant number of molecules.
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So our N number of moles stays the same.
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And what Charles Law does is it relates volume and temperature.
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Remember Boyle's Law related volume and pressure?
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Well, Charles Law relates temperature and volume when pressure is constant.
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And what it says is that volume is directly proportional to temperature.
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And this means if we bring the T over or if we multiply a constant by T and we bring T over, what we get is the following v divided by T is equal to a constant.
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Remember, in Boyle's Law we saw that P times V gave us a constant and that if we increase pressure, our volume must decrease while keeping the constant the same.
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Well, in this case, we have the same kind of situation, except now we have volume divided by temperature.
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In other words.
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Now for this constant to remain a constant and not change if we increase volume, say by two, our temperature also must increase by the same amount by two.
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So whenever we increase volume, we increase temperature.
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Or if we decrease volume, we must decrease the temperature for this guy to remain constant.
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Now notice this constant remains or depends on two things on the pressure and on the number of molecules.
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For example, if we have more molecules, our constant will be higher.
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And we'll learn more about that when we talk about the ideal gas law.
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For now, it's sufficient to say that our cost depends on both of these guys.
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So the same way we did for Boyle's Law, for Charles Law, we can rewrite this relation or this relation in the following manner.
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Now, suppose I have some system, some gas system and I have two sets of different conditions for this gas system.
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Well, I can relate them in the following manner.
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Assuming that these guys are both constant.
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In other words, note that the constant always stays the same when our pressure number of moles stays the same.
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That means if we have some conditions, v one and T one and a second condition of V two and T two.
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And these two conditions are under the same pressure and number of moles, that means our constant will be the same.
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And so I can say V one over T one equals V two over t two equals that same constant.
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So once again, for a gas sample with two different sets of T's and Vs for two different conditions, this is our law.
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This is our Charles Law.
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Now, whenever we talk about gases, and we talk about these different laws that revolve around gases, our temperature is never in Celsius, it's only in Kelvin.
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And that means we have to convert Celsius to Kelvin.
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And this is how you do it.
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To get the Kelvin temperature, you take the Celsius temperature and you add 273.15 to it.
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For example, if our Celsius temperature is ten degrees Celsius, I simply add 273.15 and I get 283.15 Kelvin.
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That's our temperature in Kelvin.
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So let's think of an example where Charles Law is evident.
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So suppose it's someone's birthday and it's winter.
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So it's cold outside and you need to go and buy somebody a present.
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So he decides to buy a balloon.
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So you go inside the store, you fill up the balloon with some helium.
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Now suppose once you fill the balloon up, there are no holes in the balloon.
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So the number of moles or number of molecules inside our balloon remains constant.
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Also, let's suppose that our pressure inside the store and outside is one ATM atmospheric pressure.
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So let's suppose that our pressure is also constant.
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Now, obviously, if it's winter, it's much colder outside than inside.
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So suppose I fill up my balloon with N number of moles of helium, and suppose now I go outside with that balloon.
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Well, on the inside, inside the store, we were at one condition.
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We had some D two and t two, right?
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Once we step outside, our temperature drops.
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So what happens to volume?
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Well, according to Charles Law, this guy states that if we go outside and my temperature drops, then my volume must drop as well to make sure that our constant stays the same.
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That means if I go outside with my balloon, my balloon will shrivel, it will become smaller, and that's because of Charles Law.
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So once again, we see how macro scale events are explained by Charles Law, just like they were explained by Boyle's Law.
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So we have yet another law that helps us explain how gas molecules behave when we have a lot of them together, not simply individual gas molecules.
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Now, we can, of course, explain how Charles Law functions on an individual level using the kinetic theory.
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Now, kinetic theory explains Charles Law on a microscopic level at constant pressure.
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So we have constant pressure, right?
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Our pressure doesn't change.
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So if our temperature increases, what happens to the molecules?
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The molecules gain more kinetic energy.
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And if they gain more kinetic energy, they gain more speed.
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They become quicker.
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And that means the only way that our pressure stays constant with higher kinetic energy is if the volume expands.
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So that's exactly what happens.
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In order to ensure that there is constant pressure.
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An increase in temperature means there's an increase in kinetic energy.
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And this increase in kinetic energy means that there are more molecules, or the molecules are pushing against the wall of the container with greater force.