Generalized Electron Balance (GEB) as the law of nature in electrolytic redox systems / Anna Maria Michałowska-Kaczmarczyk, Aneta Spórna-Kucab and Tadeusz Michałowski // W: Redox : principles and advanced ... więcej

Generalized Electron Balance (GEB) as the law of nature in electrolytic redox systems / Anna Maria Michałowska-Kaczmarczyk, Aneta Spórna-Kucab and Tadeusz Michałowski // W: Redox : principles and advanced applications [Dokument elektroniczny] / ed. by Mohammed Awad Ali Khalid. – Rijeka : IntechOpen, 2017. – S. 9-55 : rys., schem., tab., wykr. – Tryb dostępu: https://www.intechopen.com/books/redox-principles-and-advanced-applications. – Bibliogr. 70 poz., Abstr. – doi: 10.5772/intechopen.69341. – ISBN 978-953-51-3394-0 (online). – ISBN 978-953-51-3393-3 (print). – ISBN 978-953-51-4670-4 (eBook PDF)

This chapter refers to fundamental/general/obligatory regularities of electrolytic systems. The linear combination 2∙f(O) – f(H) of elemental balances, f(H) for H and f(O) for O, provides a rigorous ... więcej

This chapter refers to fundamental/general/obligatory regularities of electrolytic systems. The linear combination 2∙f(O) – f(H) of elemental balances, f(H) for H and f(O) for O, provides a rigorous criterion distinguishing between redox and non-redox systems is presented as the general relation distinguishing between electrolytic redox and non-redox systems in aqueous media. As the linearly independent equation for a redox system, 2∙f(O) – f(H) is considered as the primary form of the generalized electron balance (GEB), perceived as a law of nature, as the hidden connection of physicochemical laws and the breakthrough in thermodynamic theory of electrolytic redox systems. GEB completes the set of 2+K equations necessary for thermodynamic resolution of redox systems according to generalized approach to electrolytic systems (GATES) applying all relevant, physicochemical knowledge available. GATES/GEB, perceived as an example of excellent paradigm, provides the best thermodynamic approach to electrolytic redox systems of any degree of complexity, in aqueous, non-aqueous, and mixed-solvent media. The formulation of GEB does not need prior knowledge of oxidation numbers for all elements in components forming any electrolytic system, within GATES/GEB, the stoichiometry, oxidation number, oxidant, reductant and equivalent mass are as derivative concepts.