A student claims that any substance could have been used in place of hydrogen in constructing a standard reference electrode to be used to measure standard reduction potentials for all other substances. Which statement best evaluates this claim

Not a  mixture of two common elements that can be separated by physical means.

Answerthe half-reaction having the greatest tendency to occur at the anode:     i₂(aq) + 2e⁻  ⇄ 2i⁻  ;   e = +0.53 v======oxidation occurs at the anode. we must therefore find the half-reaction with the greatest tendency to oxidize.the given values of e are reduction potentials (the form of the half-reactions are of reduction).the lower the reduction potential, the higher the potential to oxidize. the half-cell with the lowest reduction potential will have the greatest tendency to oxidize at the anode.the half-reaction having the greatest tendency must be    i₂(aq) + 2e⁻  ⇄ 2i⁻    e = +0.53 vbecause its reduction potential is the lowest out of the three.

Answerit is not a suspension or colloid mixture, it is a solution mixture;

  the volume of  0.220 m k2s    solution  required  to  completely  react with 175 ml  of 0.115m co(no3)2  calculate the moles  of co(no3)2 =  molarity x volume/1000175 x0.115/1000= 0.02  moleswrite  the reacting  equationk2s(aq)  +  co(no3)2  = 2 kno3(aq)  + cos(s)by  use  of mole ratio between k2s to co(no3)2 which  is  1: 1 the moles of k2s is therefore = 175  x0.115/1000= 0.02  molesvolume = moles/molarity=0.02/0.22=0.09  ml  of k2s