On Aug 13, 2007, at 2:59 AM, Michel Jullian wrote:
Measuring relative surface potentials between two
electrodes simply doesn't tell you if there are excess surface
electrons on one or both or neither. It still seems pretty obvious
to me.
You can say that three times it won't make it true, whatever Lewis
Carroll says ;-)
Come on, what you describe is a capacitor, there are excess
electrons on the surface of the most negative electrode facing the
most positive one, of a very predictable total charge given by:
C*Delta_V = C*(potential of most positive electrode - potential of
most negative electrode)
Elementary EE stuff. Only potential differences matter I tell you!
It certainly is all we can *directly measure* with a volt meter.
So... here are a couple questions for you:
1. Is it possible to establish a condition where it is certain there
are more negative charges than positive at some point P on a given
plate surface?
2. Is it possible to establish a condition where it is certain there
are more positive charges than negative at some point P on a given
plate surface?
I think it is possible to do both.
Doing this is necessary to accomplish meaningful experiments relating
to my theory. It also provides an means to establish, with the
necessary degree of precision, a gauge whereby potential measurement
is possible on an absolute basis, and thereby proves it is not true
that only potential differences matter.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
