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Question
Assertion: Mercury cell does not give steady potential.
Reason: In the cell reaction, ions are not involved in solution.
Options
Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion is true but the reason is false.
Both assertion and reason are false.
Assertion is false but reason is true.
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Solution
Assertion is false but reason is true.
Explanation:
Mercury cell gives a steady potential because in the cell reaction ions are not involved in the solution.
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