[sdiy] Chemical Synth

[Metzger, Michael A]

I wonder if chemical rectifiers produce desirable sounds.....or other components
that use obsolete technology. Who'd have thought Vactrols would?

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[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Doug Forbes
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 1:23 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Chemical Synth


Saltwater and dissimilar metals will develop a small voltage. The
combination acts as a battery. Chemical rectifiers work the same way. So it
is likely that the combination would produce some variation in voltage as
the ion exchange takes place. I suspect that if there is this effect that
table salt in water would do the same thing and that if this is the
mechanism producing the sound saltwater from the ocean has little to do with
it.

Doug Forbes