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Safdar
Safdar
08:59
@orthocresol What went on there? Seeing as OP even created a meta post to address the issue..
 
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Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter
12:17
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Q: Why is Na+ reduced instead of H+ in the electrolysis of dilute NaCl(aq) with Mercury cathode?

HabibIn a class of electrolysis, my instructor told me that Hg forms Na-Hg in the electrolysis of dilute NaCl aqueous solution. For this reason, sodium cations are reduced in the cathode instead of hydronium ions. However, he did not give me any reason for how creating an amalgam affects the reduction...

metal electrolysis metallurgy
 
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
13:50
@orthocresol Heh, be glad this is the sort of troll we get.
I'm not sure if you know of trolls' MO in other SEs (Parenting.SE, of all the places, for example)
sweetandtangy
sweetandtangy
14:17
have any of you guys ever read kuhn's the structure of scientific revolutions? I just started it and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the book.
hBy2Py
hBy2Py
14:31
@sweetandtangy My boss (started an engineering R&D small business ~1990 that's still going strong) thinks it's great. i have it, but haven't read it yet.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
15:09
@sweetandtangy I haven't but all I see are favorable reviews
That certainly makes it worth trying, and then it should be judged on its own merit
 
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Mithoron
Mithoron
21:53
@M.A.R. I checked a bit about it and while it's plenty famous and influential, I'm not particularly impressed. Then again it's quite hard to impress me :D

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