stonecold's chem questions :)

[Mao]

If you read through the mechanism, you should see why you should not subtract it.

[stonecold]

Sorry,  didn't read it properly before.  All good now.

[stonecold]

What will happen if the electrodes are connected the wrong way when recharging a battery, such as say a lead-acid accumulator?

I have a feeling this may come up because it was apparently poorly answers in last years multi choice.  Lots of people put them the wrong way around.

This year they might want reasons...

[fady_22]

What will happen if the electrodes are connected the wrong way when recharging a battery, such as say a lead-acid accumulator?

I have a feeling this may come up because it was apparently poorly answers in last years multi choice.  Lots of people put them the wrong way around.

This year they might want reasons...

I don't think they would; it would benefit the physics students too much.

You would be creating a short circuit.

[stonecold]

What will happen if the electrodes are connected the wrong way when recharging a battery, such as say a lead-acid accumulator?

I have a feeling this may come up because it was apparently poorly answers in last years multi choice.  Lots of people put them the wrong way around.

This year they might want reasons...

I don't think they would; it would benefit the physics students too much.

You would be creating a short circuit.

Sweet, and I'm guessing sure that could be dangerous/explosive?

But in reality aren't these batteries idiot proof?

[Martoman]

To work out what would happen I imagine the negative terminal of the charger to be a water hose spitting out electrons. Now if you want to recharge the thing, you want reduction to occur at the negative electrode (the anode initially) so you attach the negative to that, flooding it with electrons.

Now if you swtich them around and bombard the anode with electrons that will only speed up the reactions going on, which will, short circuit the thing.

[stonecold]

To work out what would happen I imagine the negative terminal of the charger to be a water hose spitting out electrons. Now if you want to recharge the thing, you want reduction to occur at the negative electrode (the anode initially) so you attach the negative to that, flooding it with electrons.

Now if you swtich them around and bombard the anode with electrons that will only speed up the reactions going on, which will, short circuit the thing.

lol, 'water hose'

sexual

[Martoman]

not *everything* I say is sexual jeez