Chemistry (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0132525763
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Chapter 21 - Electrochemistry - 21 Assessment - Page 754: 27

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Because aluminum is more active than copper, aluminum is more readily oxidized and a reaction spontaneously occurs. We should notice that the number of electrons transferred in the half-reactions is not the same and cannot cancel each other, so we multiply the oxidation half-reaction by 2 and the reduction reaction by 3.
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