Re: TC for Electrolysis?

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Subject: Re: TC for Electrolysis?
From: "mrand" <mrand-at-iols-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 21:01:58 -0700
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Hi Mike,
Yes, I was thinking of electrolysis of water to get H2 & O2 gases.  Do you
think a TC can do this?  Maybe with just one wire from a bipolar coil?
Thanks - Mike

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Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: TC for Electrolysis?


>Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
>
>In a message dated 1/6/2000 5:30:13 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
>>
>>      In Tesla's 1892 lecture before the IEE in London, he said the
>following:
>>  "... Or we may, by the help of some artifice, decompose a solution in
any
>>  electrolytic cell by connecting only one pole of the cell to the line or
>>  source of energy."  This statement followed his description of rotating
a
>>  motor with a single wire from his bipolar HV/HF generator.
>>
>>  Has any performed this experiment, or know of other researchers that
have,
>>  to see if it is possible to decompose a solution in an electrolytic cell
>>  with one pole from a TC?
>>
>>  Any suggestions on how to rectify the output from a bipolar TC?
>>
>>  Thanks - Mike
>
>Hi Mike,
>     If you read what you wrote above more closely, it says that you could
>decompose a solution in an electrolytic cell.  This would not require DC
>current.  If you wish to reduce a metal ion to the metal, then it would be
>best if DC were used in order to collect the metal onto the cathode, but if
>the reduction potential is such that reduction occurs preferentially to
>hydrogen production (like with gold, silver, etc)  AC could be used.
> Mike Hollingsworth
>
>
>