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In order to facilitate the measurement of thermodynamic quantities at temperatures below 0°C in ethanol/water solvents, the standard potential of the silver-silver chloride electrode in 10, 20, and 40 wt.% ethanol has been determined at 25, 0, −5, and −10°C. Electromotive force measurements of cells of the type
were used. The potentials found at 25°C were in good agreement with earlier results. Mean activity coefficients for hydrochloric acid in the three mixed solvents were derived.
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Sankar, M., Macaskill, J.B. & Bates, R.G. Standard potential of the silver-silver chloride electrode in 10, 20, and 40 wt.% ethanol/water solvents at 25, 0, −5, and −10°C. J Solution Chem 8, 887–895 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644885
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