The standard hydrogen electrode is used as the reference electrode. Some of the difficulties in using hydrogen gas as an electrode are:

      

The standard hydrogen electrode is used as the reference electrode. Some of the difficulties in using hydrogen gas as an electrode are:
- Hydrogen is a gas at 25oC
- Hydrogen does not conduct electricity
-The half-cell reaction,Q45103120191109.png is slow and takes long to reach equilibrium.
Explain how these difficulties are solved in the standard hydrogen electrode

  

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Maurice
Platinum electrode is used, H2 is bubbled over the pt electrode immersed in 1M H+ that is, 1M HCl.
The electrode is coated with finely –divided platinum catalyst

Electrochemical cell
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maurice.mutuku answered the question on October 31, 2019 at 08:27


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