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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

why we use electrode reduction potential values in calculation of emf and why don't we use electrode oxidation potentials

Profile image of manjot singh
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Chhavindra Tripathi
8 Years ago
you can use electrode oxidation potentials if you wish, you just have to put a negative sign with reduction potential , we have metal reactivity series in decreasing order thats why we follow that order