General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 19 - Electrochemistry - Questions and Problems - Page 818: 19.12

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We know that during the rusting of iron, one end of a drop of water exposed to air acts as one electrode of a voltaic cell at this electrode, an oxygen molecule is reduced by four electrons to four hydroxide ions.
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