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Appendix L: Standard Electrode (Half-Cell) Potentials

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Standard Electrode (Half-Cell) Potentials
Half-Reaction E° (V)
\ce{Ag+ + e- ⟶Ag} +0.7996
\ce{AgCl + e- ⟶Ag + Cl-} +0.22233
\ce{[Ag(CN)2]- + e- ⟶Ag + 2CN-} −0.31
\ce{Ag2CrO4 + 2e- ⟶2Ag + CrO4^2-} +0.45
\ce{[Ag(NH3)2]+ + e- ⟶Ag + 2NH3} +0.373
\ce{[Ag(S2O3)2]^3+ + e- ⟶Ag + 2S2O3^2-} +0.017
\ce{[AlF6]^3- + 3e- ⟶Al + 6F-} −2.07
\ce{Al^3+ + 3e- ⟶Al} −1.662
\ce{Am^3+ + 3e- ⟶Am} −2.048
\ce{Au^3+ + 3e- ⟶Au} +1.498
\ce{Au+ + e- ⟶Au} +1.692
\ce{Ba^2+ + 2e- ⟶Ba} −2.912
\ce{Be^2+ + 2e- ⟶Be} −1.847
\ce{Br2}(aq) + \ce{2e-} ⟶\ce{2Br-} +1.0873
\ce{Ca^2+ + 2e- ⟶Ca} −2.868
\ce{Ce^3 + 3e- ⟶Ce} −2.483
\ce{Ce^4+ + e- ⟶Ce^3+} +1.61
\ce{Cd^2+ + 2e- ⟶Cd} −0.4030
\ce{[Cd(CN)4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Cd + 4CN-} −1.09
\ce{[Cd(NH3)4]^2+ + 2e- ⟶Cd + 4NH3} −0.61
\ce{CdS + 2e- ⟶Cd + S^2-} −1.17
\ce{Cl2 + 2e- ⟶2Cl-} +1.35827
\ce{ClO4- + H2O + 2e- ⟶ClO3- + 2OH-} +0.36
\ce{ClO3- + H2O + 2e- ⟶ClO2- + 2OH-} +0.33
\ce{ClO2- + H2O + 2e- ⟶ClO- + 2OH-} +0.66
\ce{ClO- + H2O + 2e- ⟶Cl- + 2OH-} +0.89
\ce{ClO4- + 2H3O+ + 2e- ⟶ClO3- + 3H2O} +1.189
\ce{ClO3- + 3H3O+ + 2e- ⟶HClO2 + 4H2O} +1.21
\ce{HClO + H3O+ + 2e- ⟶Cl- + 2H2O} +1.482
\ce{HClO + H3O+ + e- ⟶\dfrac{1}{2}Cl2 + 2H2O} +1.611
\ce{HClO2 + 2H3O+ + 2e- ⟶HClO + 3H2O} +1.628
\ce{Co^3+ + e- ⟶Co^2+ \:(2\:mol\,//\,H2SO4)} +1.83
\ce{Co^2+ + 2e- ⟶Co} −0.28
\ce{[Co(NH3)6]^3+ + e- ⟶[Co(NH3)6]^2+} +0.1
\ce{Co(OH)3 + e- ⟶Co(OH)2 + OH-} +0.17
\ce{Cr^3 + 3e- ⟶Cr} −0.744
\ce{Cr^3+ + e- ⟶Cr^2+} −0.407
\ce{Cr^2+ + 2e- ⟶Cr} −0.913
\ce{[Cu(CN)2]- + e- ⟶Cu + 2CN-} −0.43
\ce{CrO4^2- + 4H2O + 3e- ⟶ Cr(OH)3 + 5OH-} −0.13
\ce{Cr2O7^2- + 14H3O+ + 6e- ⟶2Cr^3+ + 21H2O} +1.232
\ce{[Cr(OH)4]- + 3e- ⟶Cr + 4OH-} −1.2
\ce{Cr(OH)3 + 3e- ⟶Cr + 3OH-} −1.48
\ce{Cu^2+ + e- ⟶Cu+} +0.153
\ce{Cu^2+ + 2e- ⟶Cu} +0.34
\ce{Cu+ + e- ⟶Cu} +0.521
\ce{F2 + 2e- ⟶2F-} +2.866
\ce{Fe^2+ + 2e- ⟶Fe} −0.447
\ce{Fe^3+ + e- ⟶Fe^2+} +0.771
\ce{[Fe(CN)6]^3- + e- ⟶[Fe(CN)6]^4-} +0.36
\ce{Fe(OH)2 + 2e- ⟶Fe + 2OH-} −0.88
\ce{FeS + 2e- ⟶Fe + S^2-} −1.01
\ce{Ga^3+ + 3e- ⟶Ga} −0.549
\ce{Gd^3+ + 3e- ⟶Gd} −2.279
\ce{\dfrac{1}{2}H2 + e- ⟶H- } −2.23
\ce{2H2O + 2e- ⟶H2 + 2OH-} −0.8277
\ce{H2O2 + 2H3O+ + 2e- ⟶4H2O} +1.776
\ce{2H3O+ + 2e- ⟶H2 + 2H2O} 0.00
\ce{HO2- + H2O + 2e- ⟶3OH-} +0.878
\ce{Hf^4+ + 4e- ⟶Hf} −1.55
\ce{Hg^2+ + 2e- ⟶Hg} +0.851
\ce{2Hg^2+ + 2e- ⟶Hg2^2+} +0.92
\ce{Hg2^2+ + 2e- ⟶2Hg} +0.7973
\ce{[HgBr4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Hg + 4Br-} +0.21
\ce{Hg2Cl2 + 2e- ⟶2Hg + 2Cl-} +0.26808
\ce{[Hg(CN)4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Hg + 4CN-} −0.37
\ce{[HgI4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Hg + 4I-} −0.04
\ce{HgS + 2e- ⟶Hg + S^2-} −0.70
\ce{I2 + 2e- ⟶2I-} +0.5355
\ce{In^3+ + 3e- ⟶In} −0.3382
\ce{K+ + e- ⟶K} −2.931
\ce{La^3+ + 3e- ⟶La} −2.52
\ce{Li+ + e- ⟶Li} −3.04
\ce{Lu^3+ + 3e- ⟶Lu} −2.28
\ce{Mg^2+ + 2e- ⟶Mg} −2.372
\ce{Mn^2+ + 2e- ⟶Mn} −1.185
\ce{MnO2 + 2H2O + 2e- ⟶Mn(OH)2 + 2OH-} −0.05
\ce{MnO4- + 2H2O + 3e- ⟶MnO2 + 4OH-} +0.558
\ce{MnO2 + 4H+ + 2e- ⟶Mn^2+ + 2H2O} +1.23
\ce{MnO4- + 8H+ + 5e- ⟶Mn^2+ + 4H2O} +1.507
\ce{Na+ + e- ⟶Na} −2.71
\ce{Nd^3+ + 3e- ⟶Nd} −2.323
\ce{Ni^2+ + 2e- ⟶Ni} −0.257
\ce{[Ni(NH3)6]^2+ + 2e- ⟶Ni + 6NH3} −0.49
\ce{NiO2 + 4H+ + 2e- ⟶Ni^2+ + 2H2O} +1.593
\ce{NiO2 + 2H2O + 2e- ⟶Ni(OH)2 + 2OH-} +0.49
\ce{NiS + 2e- ⟶Ni + S^2-} +0.76
\ce{NO3- + 4H+ + 3e- ⟶NO + 2H2O} +0.957
\ce{NO3- + 3H+ + 2e- ⟶HNO2 + H2O} +0.92
\ce{NO3- + H2O + 2e- ⟶NO2- + 2OH-} +0.10
\ce{Np^3+ + 3e- ⟶Np} −1.856
\ce{O2 + 2H2O + 4e- ⟶4OH-} +0.401
\ce{O2 + 2H+ + 2e- ⟶H2O2} +0.695
\ce{O2 + 4H+ + 4e- ⟶2H2O} +1.229
\ce{Pb^2+ + 2e- ⟶Pb} −0.1262
\ce{PbO2 + SO4^2- + 4H+ + 2e- ⟶PbSO4 + 2H2O} +1.69
\ce{PbS + 2e- ⟶Pb + S^2-} −0.95
\ce{PbSO4 + 2e- ⟶Pb + SO4^2-} −0.3505
\ce{Pd^2+ + 2e- ⟶Pd} +0.987
\ce{[PdCl4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Pd + 4Cl-} +0.591
\ce{Pt^2+ + 2e- ⟶Pt} +1.20
\ce{[PtBr4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Pt + 4Br-} +0.58
\ce{[PtCl4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Pt + 4Cl-} +0.755
\ce{[PtCl6]^2- + 2e- ⟶[PtCl4]^2- + 2Cl-} +0.68
\ce{Pu^3 + 3e- ⟶Pu} −2.03
\ce{Ra^2+ + 2e- ⟶Ra} −2.92
\ce{Rb+ + e- ⟶Rb} −2.98
\ce{[RhCl6]^3- + 3e- ⟶Rh + 6Cl-} +0.44
\ce{S + 2e- ⟶S^2-} −0.47627
\ce{S + 2H+ + 2e- ⟶H2S} +0.142
\ce{Sc^3+ + 3e- ⟶Sc} −2.09
\ce{Se + 2H+ + 2e- ⟶H2Se} −0.399
\ce{[SiF6]^2- + 4e- ⟶Si + 6F-} −1.2
\ce{SiO3^2- + 3H2O + 4e- ⟶Si + 6OH-} −1.697
\ce{SiO2 + 4H+ + 4e- ⟶Si + 2H2O} −0.86
\ce{Sm^3+ + 3e- ⟶Sm} −2.304
\ce{Sn^4+ + 2e- ⟶Sn^2+} +0.151
\ce{Sn^2+ + 2e- ⟶Sn} −0.1375
\ce{[SnF6]^2- + 4e- ⟶Sn + 6F-} −0.25
\ce{SnS + 2e- ⟶Sn + S^2-} −0.94
\ce{Sr^2+ + 2e- ⟶Sr} −2.89
\ce{TeO2 + 4H+ + 4e- ⟶Te + 2H2O} +0.593
\ce{Th^4+ + 4e- ⟶Th} −1.90
\ce{Ti^2+ + 2e- ⟶Ti} −1.630
\ce{U^3+ + 3e- ⟶U} −1.79
\ce{V^2+ + 2e- ⟶V} −1.19
\ce{Y^3+ + 3e- ⟶Y} −2.37
\ce{Zn^2+ + 2e- ⟶Zn} −0.7618
\ce{[Zn(CN)4]^2- + 2e- ⟶Zn + 4CN-} −1.26
\ce{[Zn(NH3)4]^2+ + 2e- ⟶Zn + 4NH3} −1.04
\ce{Zn(OH)2 + 2e- ⟶Zn + 2OH-} −1.245
\ce{[Zn(OH)4]^2 + 2e- ⟶Zn + 4OH-} −1.199
\ce{ZnS + 2e- ⟶Zn + S^2-} −1.40
\ce{Zr^4 + 4e- ⟶Zr} −1.539

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