Natural Science Forum / Chemistry / Electrochemistry / May 2006

Dear Friends,
I've a 6cell Lithium Ion battery on my Compaq M2002AL laptop. I keep
that connected to my computer during my work even when the AC adaptor
is ON. I never take that out. Initially my battery used to say it has

Is this Gore-Tex, or will that fabric work in batteries?
Why is Nafion sometimes used instead of polyethylene?
Does it work like the porous unglazed porcelain used in 19th Century
batteries such as the Bichromate Cell?

Is there a paper/example on the rate of gas production at the
electrodes of say a simple cell using water?
After running a number of experiments I found that the rate of gas
production at the electrodes did not rise in a linear manner.

I am conducting a project where my attempt is to use the potential
difference generated by charge separation in water i.e. Na+ and Cl-
ions, to generate electron flow in the external circuit. Its completely
a theoretical project at the moment, as I have'nt tried anything