Elementary treatise on electricity and magnetism (1903)
Foster, George Carey, 1835-1919, Joubert, Jules François, 1834-1910. Traité élémentaire d'électricité, Porter, Alfred William, 1863- joint author · London, New York, Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 237
ormed of a metal united either toan element such as CI, Br, S, or to a compound radical such asSOj, NO3, ifec. The primary decomposition which takes place under the action of the current appears always to consist in theseparation of the metal from the simple or compound radicalwith which it was… … Fig. 141. 154] ELECTROLYSIS 215 Thus if we use as electrodes two platinum plates, and immeisethem in solution of sulphate of copper, copper is deposited on thenegative electrode, with its characteristic colour, while at thepositive electrode oxygen is given ofE in the form of gas, andsulphuric…
Electricity · Magnetism
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
