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Ch.20 - Electrochemistry

Chapter 20, Problem 82b

(b) Can the “fuel” of a fuel cell be a solid?

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Welcome back everyone. True or false. The fuel in a fuel cell must not be solid state. Let's recall three important points regarding the fuel cell. Number one, it is a galvanic cell. Number two, it uses stored chemical energy and converts it into electric energy. So we're essentially going to say that the chemical energy is converted into electrical energy. And number three, that would be also an important point to our problem. It essentially requires a continuous supply of reactants and an exhaust of products. So we are going to say that there's a continuous supply of reactants and an exhaust of products, which essentially helps us answer the question and problem. If this is true, then we want to have a consin flow and that flow can only be achieved i a fluid. What do we know about? Flutes? Well, they can either be gasses or liquids and therefore, we cannot use a solid state to achieve that flow. There are four. The answer to this problem is true. The fuel in a fuel cell must not be solid state. Thank you for watching.
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