Re: Bucket cap question

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Original poster: "G by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <nieporgo-at-email.uc.edu>

>Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" 
><ludev-at-videotron.ca>
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>Hi scot, Duncan, all
>
>May be sodium hydroxide is more soluble ? May be copper is less
>reative ? one thing I know; here we have a product call DRANO for
>clug sewer pipe it's composed of sodium hydroxid and aluminium chips.
>
>Luc Benard
>

Sodium Hydroxide is completely soluble. Again, what we are looking 
for in an electrolyte is a substance which disassociates (into 
component ions) completely in water. For alkalis, we want to form 
hydroxide ions, and for acids, hydronium ions. Ions are the charge 
carriers that we must have to realize current flow. The more ions a 
substance disassociates into, the more efficient it will help to 
transfer current. Hence, deionized waters' insulating properties.
Greg
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