Appendix L: Standard Electrode (Half-Cell) Potentials
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\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 |