To reword that important paragraph, Fred:
Because the Helmholtz layer of the electrode is charged, it will
attract ions from the water of the opposite polarity to it and
eventually these ions in water which are of much lower density,
will rise to the top and cluster into a more diffuse layer, known
as the Gouy layer, which rests on top of the surface of the
Helmholtz layer electrodes....
Aha.. this is the infamous GOOey layer <g>
It is no doubt the "frothy layer" of bubbles forming on the top of
the charging cells, in all of the videos.Now we have an 'official
sounding' name, the Gouy Layer...
One wonders if the OH(H2O) in that table in your post - takes the
form of
H
HO - e- < >O
H
hope that image shows up on your mail program like it was writen
in mine.
This ion would have the effective formula of H3O2-
.... a.k.a "hydroxide hydrate" and which was studied 25 years ago:
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JCPSA6000078000005002498000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes
And as you can see from the structure, although it is technically
a negative ion, the electron is effectively shielded and
encapsulated by the H2O on one side and the OH on the other ...
Interesting, no? ... an ultra-ultra-capacitor (5 atom
capacitor)???
