CHM 2046C Module 14 Chapter 17 Name___Sample_____

Part K: Chapter 17 Key Terms 10 points

1. ______________– the electrode at which oxidation takes place

2. ______________ – the electrode at which reduction takes place

3. ______________ – a technique for protecting a metal from corrosion by converting it to a second metal that is more easily oxidized

4. ______________ – same as electromotive force

5. ______________ – the oxidative deterioration of a metal, such as the conversion of iron to rust

6. ______________– a devise for interconverting chemical and electrical energy

7.. ______________ – the area of chemistry concerned with the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy

8. ______________ – a substance that dissolves in water to produce ions

9. ______________ – the process of using an electric current to bring about chemical change

10. ______________ – the electrical potential that pushes electrons away from the anode and pulls them toward the cathode

11. ______________ – the coating of one metal on the surface of another using electrolysis

12. ______________ – the purification of a metal by means of electrolysis

13. ______________ – the elctric charge on 1 mol of electrons

14. ______________– a galvanic cell in which one of the reactants is a traditional fuel such as methane or hydrogen

15. ______________ – An electrochemical cell in which a spontaneous chemical reaction generates an electric current

16. ______________ – a process for protecting steel from corrosion by coating it with zinc

17. ______________ – The oxidation or reduction part of a redox reaction

18. ______________ – the commercial method for protecting aluminum by electrolysis of a molten mixture of aluminum oxide and cryolite

19. ______________ – An equation for calculating cell potentials under non-standard state conditions

20. ______________ – An additional voltage required above the calculated for an electrolysis reaction

21. ______________ – A tube that contains a gel permeated with a solution of an inert electrolyte connecting the two sides of an electrochemical cell.

22. ______________ – The cell potential when both reactants and products are in their saturated states

23. ______________ – same as standard reduction potential

24. ______________ – A reference half cell consisting of a platinum electrode in contact with H₂ gas and aqueous H¹⁺ ions at standard state conditions

25. ______________ – The standard potential for a reduction half cell