I wrote: Two questions: > > - Do we have solid evidence that there is a dynamic NAE rather than a > static one? Or is the evidence just barely above noise at this point? > - If there is no clear evidence yet, is there a clever experiment that > could settle this question for at least one system? > > I think there is one way that the NAE is dynamic -- through "contamination." This contamination might be due to unexpected chemical species coming in from the electrolyte, or, looking back on older experiments with hindsight, it might be due to transmutations. For the present purpose the effect of such contaminants might be the main factor driving a dynamic NAE; or, alternatively, they may poison a reaction, as has sometimes been hypothesized. In considering the static case (2), it seems like contaminants should dealt with as noise to be filtered out. Obviously they would be important if they ended up driving a dynamic NAE, but a dynamic NAE is only assumed for case (1).
Eric
