Chemistry A-Level
Standard electrode (redox) potential
What Standard electrode (redox) potential means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Standard electrode (redox) potential
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Measures the tendency of a half-cell to gain electrons relative to the standard hydrogen electrode, which is assigned E⦵ = 0.00 V.
Topics that use Standard electrode (redox) potential
- Redox and electrode potentials (OCR A-Level)
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