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Ch.19 - Electrochemistry
Chapter 19, Problem 121d

A storm has knocked out power to your beach house, and you would like to build a battery from household items to charge your iPhone. You have the following materials. alum in the kitchen, which can be used to make a 1.0 M Al3+ solution bleach, which is a solution that is approximately a 1.0 M in ClO-aluminum foil, a platinum necklace and bologna, which can be used as a salt bridge (d) An iPhone requires 5.0 V for charging. Can this battery charge the phone? Explain.

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Identify the half-reactions for the redox process using the materials available: Al3+ can be reduced to Al, and ClO- can be oxidized to Cl2.
Write the reduction half-reaction for Al3+ to Al: \( \text{Al}^{3+} + 3e^- \rightarrow \text{Al} \).
Write the oxidation half-reaction for ClO- to Cl2: \( 2\text{ClO}^- + 4\text{H}^+ + 4e^- \rightarrow \text{Cl}_2 + 2\text{H}_2\text{O} \).
Calculate the standard cell potential (E°cell) by using the standard reduction potentials from a table: \( E°_{\text{cell}} = E°_{\text{cathode}} - E°_{\text{anode}} \).
Compare the calculated E°cell to the required 5.0 V for charging the iPhone. If E°cell is greater than or equal to 5.0 V, the battery can charge the phone; otherwise, it cannot.

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