16.2Galvanic Cells
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Nothing in the algebra book is a prerequisite for this section.
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Balancing a galvanic cell's overall reaction before writing its cell schematic requires the same isolate-the-unknown-coefficient step as any half-reaction — matching electrons lost to electrons gained across two half-reactions before the atoms and charges line up.