"At the interface between a glass surface and a liquid such as water, silanol molecules (SiOH) on the glass surface react with free hydroxyl ions (OH-) in the water, forming Si(OH)2- and leaving the glass surface negatively charged. Free H+ ions in the water are attracted by the negatively-charged surface and accumulate near it. As a result, although the interiors of both the glass and the liquid remain electrically neutral, an electrical potential gradient arises in the vicinity of the interface."
Then, why not SiOH + CO3 - - <-----> SiCO3 - + OH - or such?
It seems to me that a water solution containing CO2 in glass or quartz, free Si++ or other silicon cation species could
exist and "plate out as crud" on the Pd or Ni Cathodes.
A source of "nuclear active sites", Ed?
Frederick
