Test: MCAT Physical

A student conducts an experiment for a chemistry class. The student wishes to explore power generation from different types of voltaic cells. He sets up three different cells, and then compares the amount of energy generated from each one.

One of his cells is shown below as an example. Both remaining cells follow the same layout.

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The student in the passage wants to replace the water, represented by the blue in the diagram, with an alternative solvent. Which solvent would be most likely to produce a functioning cell?

Ethane

Benzene

Carbon tetrachloride

Acetic acid

Heptane

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