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Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity

That water may not be an inert medium was indicated by the presence at water’s interfaces a negatively charged solute free zone of several hundred microns in thickness called the exclusion zone (EZ). Further evidence was demonstrated by Ovchinnikova’s experiments (2009) showing that water can store...

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Main Authors: Yee, Chut-Ngeow, Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond, Tan, Luck Pheng, Misran, Misni, Tang, Nyiak Tao
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Published: Public Library of Science 2019
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QC Physics
QD Chemistry
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/23104/
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213697
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spelling my.um.eprints.231042019-11-27T03:33:16Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/23104/ Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity Yee, Chut-Ngeow Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond Tan, Luck Pheng Misran, Misni Tang, Nyiak Tao QC Physics QD Chemistry That water may not be an inert medium was indicated by the presence at water’s interfaces a negatively charged solute free zone of several hundred microns in thickness called the exclusion zone (EZ). Further evidence was demonstrated by Ovchinnikova’s experiments (2009) showing that water can store and release substantial amount of charge. We demonstrate that the charge storage capacity of water arises from highly stable large-scale ionic structures with measurable charge imbalances and discrete levels of charge density. We also show evidence that the charge zones formation requires ionic solutes, and their formation correlate to large change in conductivity, by as much as 250%. Our experiments indicate that large-scale structuring plays a pivotal role in electrolysis and conductivity in ionic solution. We propose that water is an electrochemically active medium and present a new model of electrolysis and conductivity in ionic solution. © 2019 Yee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Public Library of Science 2019 Article PeerReviewed Yee, Chut-Ngeow and Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond and Tan, Luck Pheng and Misran, Misni and Tang, Nyiak Tao (2019) Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity. PLoS ONE, 14 (3). e0213697. ISSN 1932-6203 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213697 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213697
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topic QC Physics
QD Chemistry
spellingShingle QC Physics
QD Chemistry
Yee, Chut-Ngeow
Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond
Tan, Luck Pheng
Misran, Misni
Tang, Nyiak Tao
Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
description That water may not be an inert medium was indicated by the presence at water’s interfaces a negatively charged solute free zone of several hundred microns in thickness called the exclusion zone (EZ). Further evidence was demonstrated by Ovchinnikova’s experiments (2009) showing that water can store and release substantial amount of charge. We demonstrate that the charge storage capacity of water arises from highly stable large-scale ionic structures with measurable charge imbalances and discrete levels of charge density. We also show evidence that the charge zones formation requires ionic solutes, and their formation correlate to large change in conductivity, by as much as 250%. Our experiments indicate that large-scale structuring plays a pivotal role in electrolysis and conductivity in ionic solution. We propose that water is an electrochemically active medium and present a new model of electrolysis and conductivity in ionic solution. © 2019 Yee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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author Yee, Chut-Ngeow
Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond
Tan, Luck Pheng
Misran, Misni
Tang, Nyiak Tao
author_facet Yee, Chut-Ngeow
Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond
Tan, Luck Pheng
Misran, Misni
Tang, Nyiak Tao
author_sort Yee, Chut-Ngeow
title Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
title_short Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
title_full Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
title_fullStr Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
title_full_unstemmed Large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
title_sort large-scale structure formation in ionic solution and its role in electrolysis and conductivity
publisher Public Library of Science
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/23104/
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213697
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