Nickel experiences corrosion in an acid solution according to the reaction Ni + 2H* - Ni2* + H2 The rates of both oxidation and reduction half-reactions are controlled by activation polarization. For...

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Extracted text: Nickel experiences corrosion in an acid solution according to the reaction Ni + 2H* - Ni2* + H2 The rates of both oxidation and reduction half-reactions are controlled by activation polarization. For Nickel For Hydrogen VININI2+) -0.25 V V(H+/H2) Ov io 108 A/cm2 io 6 x 107A/cm2 0.11 -0.08 %3! (a) Compute the rate of oxidation of Ni given the following activation polarization data above. i 0.001148 mol/(cm2-s) (b) Compute the value of the corrosion potential. i -0.444 V