2009/10/4 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]>: > At 02:35 AM 10/4/2009, Michel Jullian wrote: >> >> 2009/10/3, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]>: >> >> > One of the interesting SPAWAR >> > results is IR imaging of the cathode, showing that the cathode >> > temperature is substantially higher than that of the electrolyte. >> >> I don't think this proves anything, I doubt IR imaging can distinguish >> between temperature of the cathode and temperature of the ~1nm >> interface layer where most of the voltage drop and thus most of the >> power dissipation occurs in any electrolytic cell. ... > I'm guessing that, if Michel is > right...
Maybe I wasn't, as my reasoning above was fundamentally flawed, as everyone here certainly realized instantly but didn't point out in order not to embarrass me ;-) Michel
