BCSnob wrote:
lwbfl wrote:
.....small positive charge attached to the anode, negative lead attached to the piece being cleaned.
Doesn’t this simply provide the current (electrons) needed to balance the ion flow in the solution (in place of directly electrically connecting the two metal pieces) and help drive the desired electrochemical reaction?
Sure it does, speeds the process and controls the flow, but there is no direct "electrical connection" for the same process, they are not screwed together like the element and the tank. The charge and solution simply quicken the reaction, they do not cause it. The point (well confused by this point)is that two metals can be isolated from each other and still be effected by electrolysis.
