[sdiy] Chemical Synth

[John L Marshall]

Sacrificial Zinc


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> That's where the sounds come from indeed - corrosion is bound with
creating
> voltage cells. That's why, for example, there are banks of metals on ships
which
> are less (more? I finished my hs chemistry class over three years ago...)
> electronegative than what the ship is made out of. Those metals then
> create the positive pole with the salty sea water, and it's those banks of
metals
> which give up to corrode instead of the construction metal in the ship.
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> That's a good, old safeguard mechanism so ships don't get a hole. After
the metal
> banks are done with, you can just put new ones in.
>
> So anyways, that's where the voltage comes from. And the amperage?
> You can hear the sweeps and zips, but no pops. To remind, it's the
amperage
> that creates the sound and frequency in electronic music (and amps, like
in the
> circuit). Comparing this to a normal battery (which just gives nothing,
and static
> if you move the connected cables around the anode/catode), I guess it all
breaks
> down to the fact that, as some might know, water is a fluid.
> This fluid then allows the positive charges to move as well as negative
charges.
> This creates impetum forces, which create the sweeps: as positive charges
get closer
> to the negative charges, resistance lessens, thus amperage increases.
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> No, you *can't* hear "atoms hitting atoms", and it's not getting
amplified.
> But electricity resulting from that IS, if that's what you meant, Michael
:)
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> cheers.
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