From: bz on
sorin <sorincosofret(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:495dddfa-778f-446c-ac48-
ec938f60f9a8(a)i37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:

> Electrochemistry cut off experiments and absurdity of modern science�.
>
> Due to a lot of advantages, mainly the low cost of materials and
> simplicity of design, electrochemistry is becoming a preferred field
> for new proposed cut off experiments.
> The first cut off experiment relates a battery for which both
> electrodes (cathode and anode) undergo an oxidation reaction. It
> consists simply in an electrode of Zn and an electrode of Fe dipped
> into a solution of sulfuric acid. Both electrodes are oxidized and
> bubbles of hydrogen are visible with naked eyes at both electrodes and
> supplementary an analytical procedure can detect Fe and Zn species in
> solution. For those specialists with ,,seeing problems� a detailed
> photo with gas bubbling is provided. A common ammeter connected
> between these electrodes is able to detect an electric current with a
> size related to the area of electrodes immersed into solution. I think
> it is the simplest experiment ever designed which rule out actual
> modern science. The cost of experiment: about 1 euro. Of course, other
> couple of reactive metals or other electrolytes can be used with the
> same results.
> The myth of simultaneously oxidation at one electrode and reduction
> to opposite electrode fall down. The oxidation state is supplementary
> ruled out as being useless and artificially introduced in science.
>

Ah... the 'advantage' of the usual battery construction is that the
electrodes are ONLY 'used up' when there is current flow through the
external circuit. In your 'cell', the electrodes go away quickly, even
without any useful work being done externally.

There ARE good reasons for the concepts of oxidation and reduction and the
use of 'oxidation state'.

Your simple 'experiment' is equivalent to 'measuring the gas mileage of
your car' by punching a hole in the bottom of the fuel tank.
Sure, you may still be able to drive a few miles after filling the tank,
but if you leave the car parked in the garage over-night, your house burns
down when the gas vapors reach the pilot light in the hot water heater.

Not the smartest approach to science that I have ever seen.

.....
>
> Best regards,
> Sorin Cosofret
>





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bz

please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.