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3. The "Crow's Foot" battery was once commonly used to power telegraph lines in the US. Assuming the unit activity of copper and zinc, calculate the cell voltage for this battery. Using your electronegativity tables, name another metal that could have been used to replace zinc and calculate the cell's voltage. POSITIVE TERMINAL NEGATIVE TERMINAL GLASS JAR. ZING SULPHATE SOLUTION- ZINC ELEC- TRODE COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION COPPER ELEC- TRODE

          3. The "Crow's Foot" battery was once commonly used to power telegraph lines in the US.
Assuming the unit activity of copper and zinc, calculate the cell voltage for this battery. Using
your electronegativity tables, name another metal that could have been used to replace zinc
and calculate the cell's voltage.
POSITIVE
TERMINAL
NEGATIVE
TERMINAL
GLASS JAR.
ZING
SULPHATE
SOLUTION-
ZINC
ELEC-
TRODE
COPPER
SULPHATE
SOLUTION
COPPER
ELEC-
TRODE

3. The "Crow's Foot" battery was once commonly used to power telegraph lines in the US.
Assuming the unit activity of copper and zinc, calculate the cell voltage for this battery. Using
your electronegativity tables, name another metal that could have been used to replace zinc
and calculate the cell's voltage.
POSITIVE
TERMINAL
NEGATIVE
TERMINAL
GLASS JAR.
ZING
SULPHATE
SOLUTION-
ZINC
ELEC-
TRODE
COPPER
SULPHATE
SOLUTION
COPPER
ELEC-
TRODE

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Calculate the cell voltage for the Crow's Foot battery using the unit activity of copper and zinc: The half-reactions for the Crow's Foot battery are: Zn(s) → Zn2+(aq) + 2e- (oxidation) Cu2+(aq) + 2e- → Cu(s) (reduction) The standard reduction potential for the Show more…

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The "Crow's Foot" battery was once commonly used to power telegraph lines in the US. Assuming the unit activity of copper and zinc, calculate the cell voltage for this battery. Using your electronegativity tables, name another metal that could have been used to replace zinc and calculate the cell's voltage. POSITIVE TERMINAL NEGATIVE TERMINAL GLASS JAR ZINC SULPHATE SOLUTION ZINC ELECTRODE COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION COPPER ELECTRODE