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Cell Potential Calculator

Battery voltage from the two half-reaction potentials.

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Cu²⁺/Cu is +0.34 V.
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Zn²⁺/Zn is -0.76 V.

Reading the table right

E°cell = E°cathode - E°anode

Both values come off the standard reduction potential table; you subtract the anode's as-listed value rather than flipping its sign yourself. Copper (+0.34) against zinc (-0.76) gives 1.10 V: the Daniell cell, the battery that ran the telegraph age.