ELECTROCHEMISTRY PROJECT

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

• Deals with the relationship between electricity and its influence on chemical changes, or energy.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

• Used in relation to batteries, which are in most electronic devices.
• Cells can transport signals from themselves to other cells with the assistance of electricity.

BATTERY SET-UP

• A battery, typically copper, has two terminals, one positive, one negative. When a piece of metal wire connects the two ends, a current of electrons travels through the wire, creating electricity.
• The process involves also traveling through an electrolyte, helping to transfer the electrons.
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OXIDATION-REDUCTION IN A BATTERY

• As one side of the battery oxidizes, the opposing end begins to reduce. These electrons must transfer to the opposing end of the wire. This occurs over and over.

CORROSION

• A type of chemical or electrochemical reaction, which breaks down materials.
• The oxidation of metals in the presence of air and moisture.

CORROSION ON BATTERIES

• Batteries corrode similarly to other metals, because they are comprised of metals. However, corrosion is sometimes caused by a leak in the battery allowing battery acid to leave the terminal.

ELECTROLYSIS

• The passage of electricity through an electrolyte, causing ions to move position(s).

ELECTROLYSIS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

• Electrolysis can be used to alter hair roots by influencing the cellular material surrounding the follicles.
• Electrolysis can also be used to kill cancerous cells by sending electricity through the cell, harming it.

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