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Redox Reactions: Less active metals like copperwill reacti with concentrated nitric acid to produce nitric oxidegas and the Cu2+(aq) ion at 25C.

A) Write balanced chemical equation for this process.

             6H+(aq) + 2HNO3(aq) +3Cu(s) --> 3Cu2+(aq) +2NO(g) + 4H2O (aq)

B) Evaluate change in E for the reaction in (a).

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Step 0 Write the skeleton equation Cus Haq NO3 aq Cu2aq NOg and determine the oxidation state the oxidation state is per atom Cu0 s0 Haq1 NO3 aq5 2 Cu2aq2 NOg 2 2 So we have Cu 0 2 ox N 5 2 red Step 1 Write the skeleton halfreactions ox Cu    See Answer
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