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inert electrodes in galvanic cells? - Soccer - 02-28-2014 10:27 PM
Inert electrodes do not participate in redox reactions taking place in a galvanic cell but rather just completes the circuit. In this diagram is it correct to say that the solid copper electrode is an inert electrode?
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- Martell - 02-28-2014 10:41 PM
No the copper electrode is not an inert electrode, it is in a solution of its ions and therefore participates in the reaction.
- JosephV - 02-28-2014 10:45 PM
Carbon anode in a ZnCl cell would be inert.
Copper is present as ions in the electrolyte with its salt.