I'm a bit confused by the activity at the anode. If you remove an O (which
becomes O2 pretty quick) aren't you left with free hydrogen in the deal? But
you don't get both gases at one electrode. Drift velocity compared to the
speed of light is strange enough - now in these liquids we're
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/33/
Hope this helps (haven't watched the vid but the lecturer, Walter
Lewin, is one of the best physics teachers of our times).
Michel
2009/11/28 Chris Zell chrisrz...@yahoo.com
Ordinary things often look weird to me. Like how do zillions of raindrops
create a
Chris - Yes protons do become temporarily free near the anode as well -BUT -
they cannot form into molecular hydrogen there (at least not very much) due
to mutual repulsion of the positive charge. The key cation, going back the
other way is hydronium. The dynamics of this are the inverse situation
From: Chris Zell
* A flow of current tears a couple Hydrogen atoms loose but somehow the now
free Oxygen only appears a zillion skillion light years away (relative to
being an atom) at the other electrode. How this communicates across a vast
expanse of random billiard balls whacking around
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