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Galvanic cell or electrolytic cell?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    Runs a spontaneous redox reaction
    Category
    Galvanic cell
  2. Item
    Produces electrical work
    Category
    Galvanic cell
  3. Item
    A battery in use
    Category
    Galvanic cell
  4. Item
    Drives a non-spontaneous reaction
    Category
    Electrolytic cell
  5. Item
    Consumes electrical energy
    Category
    Electrolytic cell
  6. Item
    Electroplating a spoon
    Category
    Electrolytic cell
Categories
  1. Item
    Galvanic cell
  2. Item
    Electrolytic cell

Explanation

A galvanic cell turns the chemical energy of a SPONTANEOUS redox reaction into electrical work. An electrolytic cell spends electrical energy to drive a NON-spontaneous one. Everything else follows from that. Source: syllabus Chemistry Part I, Ch 2 Electrochemistry.
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