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[hollander]

profitis said:

"platinum is far too noble to conjugate with non-complexing sulfate ions and..."

"platinum and gold are so unreactive that they occur almost exclusively in raw elemental state in natural reserves."

So, the following is fiction...

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/platinum+sulfate

[profitis]

what are you showing me @hollander. Kindly tell us how PtSO4 is manufactured and kindly explain to us why platinum is the CATHODE in the karpenquenco and not the ANODE as you are insisting it is..

[hollander]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022072888870426


Can you be sure that nothing happens with Pt in H2SO4 in an electrolytic cell? Can you guarantee that NO atoms (even few atom/(second*cm^2)) go into solution? If you have big electrode, then you may be able to generate a measurable voltage drop (do not talk about current, as far as we know only voltage has been measured with a sensitive galvanometer).

Regarding the issue of anode and cathode, see the standard electrode potential of Au and Pt. Pt gives electrons more easily than Au. It is like the pair Copper - Zinc, respectively (made the proper proportion).
And like Zinc, it is Platinum to go into solution.

[profitis]

lets first get your basic school electrochemistry sorted out @hollander.you said platinum corrodes into solution in contact with gold,yet platinum is the CATHODE in the karpenquenco.. you are saying its an ANODE thus your argument already null and void.

[hollander]

lets first get your basic school electrochemistry sorted out @hollander.you said platinum corrodes into solution in contact with gold,yet platinum is the CATHODE in the karpenquenco.. you are saying its an ANODE thus your argument already null and void.

Do you have the Karpen Pile in your house? Please provide a link with all the details you seem to know about Karpen PIle, and please, stop calling it karpenquenco.