Timeline for Do electrons really hang around the electrode while ions go take a swim?
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| Mar 21 at 22:16 | comment | added | Metal Storm | @jimchmst Hi. For sure, I just wanted to so some calculations to arrive at a rough number of what would happen. | |
| Mar 21 at 9:12 | comment | added | jimchmst | Observe a galvanized garbage can exposed for several years the zinc definitely reacts. Pure water is much slower. | |
| Mar 21 at 6:59 | comment | added | Buck Thorn♦ | Yes, pure water (no salt). I could not find an article that addresses that problem. | |
| Mar 20 at 18:26 | comment | added | Metal Storm | I will read it later. However, you were interested in the case of introducing zinc in pure water, right? | |
| Mar 20 at 18:08 | comment | added | Buck Thorn♦ | Yes, and oxide can eventually form, at least according to a reference I placed in comments under the question. But that describes an experiment in the presence of electrolyte exposed to air. | |
| Mar 20 at 18:04 | comment | added | Metal Storm | @BuckThorn The system can get more complicated as you wish, as more reactions keep being added... Oxygen may enter the liquid phase and react with water or $\ce{H+}$, which I did not consider... | |
| Mar 20 at 18:02 | history | edited | Metal Storm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20 at 17:53 | history | edited | Metal Storm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20 at 17:52 | comment | added | Buck Thorn♦ | It's good that you kept oxygen out of the analysis. I should have been clearer and stated the initial conditions as anaerobic, RT and pressure. | |
| Mar 20 at 17:42 | history | answered | Metal Storm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |