Standard Cell Potential (E°cell) Calculator implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t6-102

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The plain-JavaScript arithmetic can overflow for extreme entered potentials, producing Infinity and -Infinity rather than a finite result. The convention probe also shows that reversing cathode/anode interpretation reverses both E°cell and spontaneity.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "cathode_half_reaction": "Cu²⁺ + 2e⁻ → Cu(s)",
    "E°cathode_V": 0.34,
    "anode_half_reaction": "Zn²⁺ + 2e⁻ → Zn(s)",
    "E°anode_V": -0.76,
    "n": 2,
    "F_C_per_mol_e": 96485
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "E°cell_V": 1.1,
    "spontaneity": "spontaneous",
    "ΔG°_J_per_mol": -212267,
    "ΔG°_kJ_per_mol": -212.267
  },
  "working": "E°cell = 0.34 − (−0.76) = 0.34 + 0.76 = 1.10 V. ΔG° = −nFE°cell = −(2)(96485 C mol⁻¹)(1.10 V) = −212267 C·V mol⁻¹ = −212267 J mol⁻¹ = −212.267 kJ mol⁻¹. Since E°cell > 0, the written cell reaction is spontaneous under standard conditions."
}

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Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche6/tranche6-results.json