Pt| Zn. If the three substances followed Voltas law, this wouldnecessarily vanish. Since however hjdrogen chloride belongsto the second class of conductors (Art. 128), it will notvanish. Since the ends of the wire are now at differentpotentials, a flow of electricity takes place through the… … --(S) the platinum. The molecules of the fluid become polarized,having their positive ends turned towards the platinum, 12B THEORY OF THE VOLTAIC CELL. and their negative ends towards the zinc. Hydrogen chlo-ride being a compound body we assume that the elementshydrogen (H) and chlorine (01)…
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