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Define electrode potential, oxidation potential and reduction potential. Why is it not possible to calculate the absolute value of electrode potential?

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It is impossible to have either oxidation or reduction without the other. Moreover, it is a relative tendency and can be measured with respect to a reference electrode only.
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