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Effect of Concentration on Cell EMF

• A voltaic cell is functional until E = 0 at which point equilibrium has been reached.

• The point at which E = 0 is determined by the concentrations of the species involved in the redox reaction.

The Nernst Equation

• The Nernst equation relates emf to concentration using

and noting that

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