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? asked in Science & MathematicsChemistry · 8 years ago

NEED HELP! about Voltaic cell?

Is it possible to have a REVERSIBLE galvanic cell? Can i have the examples?

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  • 8 years ago
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    No, because a galvanic cell relies on the exchange of electrons between two cells due to a redox reaction. This means that it must consist of a cell that undergoes oxidation and loses electrons, which then travel to the cell undergoing reduction, causing a current. So unless you have a way of interchanging the two cells, the current will always travel in this direction.

  • Imiz
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    8 years ago

    YES, its possible.

    You should know that in a v-cell , spontaneous redox reaction happens in which electric energy is produced from chemical energy.

    You CAN change it into a reversible cell (electrolytic cell) by putting a source of electricity in the v-cell's circuit which opposes the voltaic cell i.e has greater voltage than the voltage produced by the v-cell. This external source of electricity u added tothe circuit will push the electrons in an opposite direction thus supplying energy tothe cell making it a non-spontaneous , reversed v-cell or simply a "electrolytic cell" in which electric energy is converted to chemical energy.

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