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Hmm... this may be a terminology thing, but why would electronics want to
"traverse the electrolyte to the cathode?" Since electrons presumably want to flow from a cathode to an anode by definition? Thanks for the post, Michael. ---Joel |
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Joel Koltner wrote:
Hmm... this may be a terminology thing, but why would electronics want to "traverse the electrolyte to the cathode?" Since electrons presumably want to flow from a cathode to an anode by definition? Thanks for the post, Michael. ---Joel The book was published in 1933. -- My sig file can beat up your sig file! |
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Joel Koltner wrote: Hmm... this may be a terminology thing, but why would electronics want to "traverse the electrolyte to the cathode?" Since electrons presumably want to flow from a cathode to an anode by definition? Thanks for the post, Michael. ---Joel The book was published in 1933. I've got an ME encyclopedia in German somewhere that says that radio is something about miraculous travels of things through the ether, about which not much is known to mankind at this time. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Punjab The Sailor Man wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote: Joel Koltner wrote: Hmm... this may be a terminology thing, but why would electronics want to "traverse the electrolyte to the cathode?" Since electrons presumably want to flow from a cathode to an anode by definition? Thanks for the post, Michael. ---Joel The book was published in 1933. The selenium rectifier was also invented in 1933 by C.E.Fitts. The electrolytic rectifier must have been a lab experiment that never got off the ground. I never heard of one. So, just because you've never heard of it, it was never used? What an over inflated ego. Mercury-Arc rectifiers were used from 1909 to 1975. SCR's were invented in 1957. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:03:44 -0400, Punjab The Sailor Man
wrote: Michael A. Terrell wrote: Joel Koltner wrote: Hmm... this may be a terminology thing, but why would electronics want to "traverse the electrolyte to the cathode?" Since electrons presumably want to flow from a cathode to an anode by definition? Thanks for the post, Michael. ---Joel The book was published in 1933. The selenium rectifier was also invented in 1933 by C.E.Fitts. The electrolytic rectifier must have been a lab experiment that never got off the ground. I never heard of one. They were used, ca 1920 or so, as cheap, home-made battery-charger rectifiers, for people who couldn't afford tungar bulbs. John |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:42:32 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
They were used, ca 1920 or so, as cheap, home-made battery-charger rectifiers, for people who couldn't afford tungar bulbs. I've also seen old ham literature that mentions medium-voltage bridge rectifiers built from series strings of lead-aluminum cells. At a time when each tube cost a fortune, a rectifier you could build from scrap materials was a godsend. |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:43:50 -0500, Stephen J. Rush wrote:
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:42:32 -0700, John Larkin wrote: They were used, ca 1920 or so, as cheap, home-made battery-charger rectifiers, for people who couldn't afford tungar bulbs. I've also seen old ham literature that mentions medium-voltage bridge rectifiers built from series strings of lead-aluminum cells. At a time when each tube cost a fortune, a rectifier you could build from scrap materials was a godsend. This looked interesting to me so I Googled, "electrolytic rectifier" -capacitor and got a ton of info. It seems that some used a borax solution for an electrolyte. I learned something today. Thanks all. Al |
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