E0 Zn2+/Zn = - 0.76V
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not sure that these problems can be properly understood if we try to think the way early physical chemist thought, from a merely electrostatic point of view. I have tried to summarize an approach to these questions in the framework of electrochemical potentials, which can be used to answer the first two questions. Electrochemical potential can be finally related to the electrode potential, and that's a quantity with which electrochemists feel at easy. I am uploading my notes with the hope it might be of some help; if they are found useful, I will complete them later.
The Lippmann experiment can also be better understood using electrochemical potential, including the experimental determination of the sign of the Hg electrode, though I haven't included it for the moment.
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Uhh..What class are you in?