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Calculate the power output of an electrochemical cell that uses a cathode made of silver metal immersed in a solution containing silver ions with a concentration of 0.05 M and an anode made of zinc metal immersed in a solution containing zinc ions with a concentration of 0.1 M. The temperature of the solutions is 298 K and the cell operates at a current of 0.5 A.

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To calculate the power output of the electrochemical cell, we first need to determine the cell potential  E_cell . We can do this using the Nernst equation:E_cell = E_cell -  RT/nF  * ln Q where E_cell is the standard cell potential, R is the gas constant  8.314 J/molK , T is the temperature in Kelvin  298 K , n is the number of electrons transferred in the redox reaction, F is the Faraday constant  96485 C/mol , and Q is the reaction quotient.First, we need to determine the standard cell potential  E_cell . For the given cell, the half-reactions are:Anode  oxidation : Zn s   Zn aq  + 2eCathode  reduction : Ag aq  + e  Ag s The standard reduction potentials  E  for these half-reactions are:E Zn/Zn  = -0.76 VE Ag/Ag  = 0.80 VSince the anode reaction is an oxidation, we need to reverse the sign of its standard reduction potential:E Zn/Zn  = 0.76 VNow we can calculate the standard cell potential  E_cell :E_cell = E cathode  - E anode  = 0.80 V - 0.76 V = 0.04 VNext, we need to determine the reaction quotient  Q . For the given cell, the balanced redox reaction is:Zn s  + 2Ag aq   Zn aq  + 2Ag s The reaction quotient  Q  is given by:Q = [Zn]/[Ag]^2Given the concentrations of the ions:[Zn] = 0.1 M[Ag] = 0.05 MWe can now calculate Q:Q =  0.1 / 0.05 ^2 = 0.1/0.0025 = 40Now we can use the Nernst equation to calculate the cell potential  E_cell :E_cell = E_cell -  RT/nF  * ln Q E_cell = 0.04 V -  8.314 J/molK * 298 K /  2 * 96485 C/mol   * ln 40 E_cell  0.04 V - 0.0129 V = 0.0271 VFinally, we can calculate the power output  P  of the electrochemical cell using the formula:P = E_cell * Iwhere I is the current  0.5 A :P = 0.0271 V * 0.5 A = 0.01355 WThe power output of the electrochemical cell is approximately 0.01355 watts.

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