Post by thegeneral on Apr 30, 2024 14:36:32 GMT -5
I had actually read that link before, in pursuit of knowledge, my dad likes recommending Khan academy. My confusion was, what is the electrolyte doing. I found another link from university of Mississippi jursslab.olemiss.edu/how-do-batteries-work/#:~:text=As%20electrons%20migrate%20through%20the%20external%20circuit%2C%20the,positive%20ions%20then%20recombine%20to%20complete%20the%20circuit. So as the anode is producing electrons, sending them through a conductive wire, in the electrolyte positive ions are created at the anode, that migrate to the cathode, with that charge. Meanwhile at the same time the cathode is doing the opposite, creating negative ions sending them to anode. After the migration, at the cathode, they once again reconnect, positive ions and electrons, leaving it neutral.
Another little fact that I'm not going to oversell, is that you can make an earth battery. In this the earth is considered the electrolyte, bridging the gap between an anode and a cathode. They are somewhat touted as an off gride electricity source. These have a zinc anode and copper cathode. The reason I am not overselling it, is I believe once the zinc is oxidized, then the battery cannot be recharged.
As I have stated, the electrical current of earth's surface and air, does change. It would be interesting watching this cycle, to see if you could augment the way it changes, and if it changes much from day to day, storm to storm. Another statement is the earths charge as a whole, is neutral, so the only way to have a surplus of electrons, is by creating a higher density of positive charge elsewhere, similar to how an anode and cathode give and take.
My father ran a test, that had interesting outcome. He works with spark plugs for jet engines and turbine power generation. In the test they had a spark, he couldn't actually remember if it was a drip test, where you drip water over the spark. It created loud bangs, so they put in Styrofoam to lessen the noise. This was in no way in the location the spark was, but with the Styrofoam installed, the test wouldn't spark. They really didn't know why it wouldn't make a spark, they theorized maybe the Styrofoam had a charge, but nothing concrete. So this is in some way tied to my theory that outside on the peripheral, can affect other the interior working.
So I've read and could be confused about somethings. I've read from noaa.gov or something, that without lightning, the charge difference between ground and atmosphere, would disappear in five minutes. So, I'm pretty sure that states, that the negative charge of earth is very relative, and input is sourced mostly far from, anyone's current location, or where the lightning is striking. That also this charge, fluctuates daily, with readings taken from anywhere around earth, reading a high point of atmospheric charge, coinciding with America's max thunderstorm activity. Also to be clear, they at least show some modification to the electric field. In that we are near 0 charge, but every meter is 100 V gradient, so at my head should be 200 volts. This picture is modified, that it edits the electric field, and your head is still around 0 volts, but the lines of that 100 V gradient, is now edited to include my head at 0, 100 and 200 V being squished in above that.
Some interesting things about lightning. More than 90 percent of lightning is situated above land. This in part has to do, with lands ability to heat up more rapidly, during the day, then the ocean. They say also, from a Harvard site, that evaporate salt as large aerosols, lowers the convection rate inside storm. From another site, they state that the large particles of salt, inside a cloud, cause large droplets to form, the size of which, lowers the rate they convey upwards, and therefore never form ice as is needed for lightning. Another oddity is super bolts, these can have 1000x more power than regular bolts, and form at a rate of less than a thousandth of a percent. These form more often than not, above oceans, the reason they say, is that the salt water, allows a conductive pathway, to drain a larger charge from the cloud. In small test, they show that sparks above the saltiest water, creates the largest sparks. Another odd thing about this, one of the places that super bolts mainly form is above the Andes mountains.
Another little fact that I'm not going to oversell, is that you can make an earth battery. In this the earth is considered the electrolyte, bridging the gap between an anode and a cathode. They are somewhat touted as an off gride electricity source. These have a zinc anode and copper cathode. The reason I am not overselling it, is I believe once the zinc is oxidized, then the battery cannot be recharged.
As I have stated, the electrical current of earth's surface and air, does change. It would be interesting watching this cycle, to see if you could augment the way it changes, and if it changes much from day to day, storm to storm. Another statement is the earths charge as a whole, is neutral, so the only way to have a surplus of electrons, is by creating a higher density of positive charge elsewhere, similar to how an anode and cathode give and take.
My father ran a test, that had interesting outcome. He works with spark plugs for jet engines and turbine power generation. In the test they had a spark, he couldn't actually remember if it was a drip test, where you drip water over the spark. It created loud bangs, so they put in Styrofoam to lessen the noise. This was in no way in the location the spark was, but with the Styrofoam installed, the test wouldn't spark. They really didn't know why it wouldn't make a spark, they theorized maybe the Styrofoam had a charge, but nothing concrete. So this is in some way tied to my theory that outside on the peripheral, can affect other the interior working.
So I've read and could be confused about somethings. I've read from noaa.gov or something, that without lightning, the charge difference between ground and atmosphere, would disappear in five minutes. So, I'm pretty sure that states, that the negative charge of earth is very relative, and input is sourced mostly far from, anyone's current location, or where the lightning is striking. That also this charge, fluctuates daily, with readings taken from anywhere around earth, reading a high point of atmospheric charge, coinciding with America's max thunderstorm activity. Also to be clear, they at least show some modification to the electric field. In that we are near 0 charge, but every meter is 100 V gradient, so at my head should be 200 volts. This picture is modified, that it edits the electric field, and your head is still around 0 volts, but the lines of that 100 V gradient, is now edited to include my head at 0, 100 and 200 V being squished in above that.
Some interesting things about lightning. More than 90 percent of lightning is situated above land. This in part has to do, with lands ability to heat up more rapidly, during the day, then the ocean. They say also, from a Harvard site, that evaporate salt as large aerosols, lowers the convection rate inside storm. From another site, they state that the large particles of salt, inside a cloud, cause large droplets to form, the size of which, lowers the rate they convey upwards, and therefore never form ice as is needed for lightning. Another oddity is super bolts, these can have 1000x more power than regular bolts, and form at a rate of less than a thousandth of a percent. These form more often than not, above oceans, the reason they say, is that the salt water, allows a conductive pathway, to drain a larger charge from the cloud. In small test, they show that sparks above the saltiest water, creates the largest sparks. Another odd thing about this, one of the places that super bolts mainly form is above the Andes mountains.