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Calculate the standard cell potential Delta G of the following reaction:
Cd(s)+Cl2(g) --> 2Cl- + Cd2+(s)
Cd(s)+Cl2(g) -----------> 2Cl- + Cd2+(s)
Oxidation : Cd (s) -----------------> Cd+2 + 2e- Eo = - 0.403 V
Reduction : Cl2 (g) + 2e- ---------------> 2 Cl- Eo = 1.36 V
Eocell = Eored - Eooxidation
= 1.36 - (-0.403)
Eocell = 1.763 V
delta Go = - n F Eocell
= - 2 x 96485 x 1.763 x 10^-3
delta Go = - 340.2 kJ/mol