Plasma

Transformation of atmospheric components near a spark discharge at the anode polarization of a metallic electrode hanging over a solution

A. M. Orlov, I. O. Yavtushenko, D. S. Bodnarskii

Ulyanovsk State University

Abstract: The variation of the pressure of a gas phase activated by spark discharges between an aqueous electrolyte solution (liquid cathode) and a metallic electrode (anode) hanging over the solution is studied. A mathematical model of the proceeding reaction kinetics is constructed, and the variation of the partial pressures of all initial and produced components in the gas phase is calculated. Both the Faraday and non-Faraday mechanisms of gas component production from water are confirmed. It is found that a large overhanging drop responsible for additional supply of simultaneously produced H$_2$ and O$_2$ molecules forms rapidly at the end face of the anodically polarized electrode.

Received: 26.03.2012

 English version: Technical Physics, 2013, 58:3, 363–369

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