Teslaalset <[email protected]> wrote: Is there any theoretical Joule figure per Hydrogen ion?
Do you mean the maximum amount of energy you get per gram of hydrogen? That isn't theoretical; it is well known. However, in this case you cannot get any significant energy from the hydrogen because there is no oxygen in the cell, and there is nothing else it can react with. So the whole scenario is imaginary. The hydrogen would go into the wire and come out again without a measurable endothermic or exothermic reaction. If there were oxygen, the hydrogen would burn, forming water. The heat of formation of water is 285,800 joules per mole. See p. 12 of my book for a discussion of this. - Jed
