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10 1 Thermodynamics and Mechanistics

Figure 1.6 Electrochemical series of metals and the standard
potential in volt (measured against NHE).
noble metals

+2,00

3+
+1,50 Au/Au

+1,00
2+
+0,86 Hg/Hg
+
+0,80 Ag/Ag
2+
+0,34 Cu/Cu
+
+/−0,00 H 2 /2H
2+
−0,12 Pb/Pb
2+
−0,24 Ni/Ni
2+
−0,40 Cd/Cd
2+
−0,44 Fe/Fe
2+
−0,76 Zn/Zn
−1,00

3+
−1,66 Al/Al
−2,00

2+
−2,35 Mg/Mg
+
−2,71 Na/Na
+
−2,92 K/K
−3,00
+
−3,02 Li/Li
base metals