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Volume 7
Biosensors Journal
ISSN: 2090-4967
Electrochemistry 2018
June 11-12, 2018
June 11-12, 2018 | Rome, Italy
4
th
International Conference on
Electrochemistry
Study on the spontaneous generation of electrostatic potential gradient in an electrolyte due to the
presence of a static magnetic field and its applications in construction of analogous voltaic, daniel
and concentration cells magnetolysis: An alternative to electrolysisMagnetolysis: An alternative to
electrolysis
Rajatava Mukhopadhyay
and
Debosmita Pathak
Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search, India
E
lectricity and magnetism were considered as separate identities until late 19th century, when people like Maxwell, Faraday
came to the forefront to change the idea.
Classical electromagnetic theory of Maxwell, with the help of certain experiments, disclosed that current electricity and
magnetism at two opposite faces of the same coin, that is, they are different approaches to the same aspect of physics.
Electromagnetism is one of the most important aspects of physics, since it broke the jinx of classical physics and paved the way
to the beginning of research about structure of matter and consequently to the foundation of quantum mechanics.
Anelectric current can induce amagnetic field, andvice-versa. So, electricity andmagnetismshould, so to say, be interchangeable,
which is the main idea we have tried to implement.
Electrolysis is something we are all familiar with. In electrolysis, electricity flows due to a potential difference developed across
the two electrodes of a cell, due to differential reduction potential at the two terminals.
So, can this potential difference be induced using a magnet too?
Surprisingly, yes.
Replacing the cathode and anode of an electrolytic cell with the north and south poles of a magnet (respectively), we get the
exact same result as that expected from electrolysis.
Cations get attracted to the north and anions to the south pole. Electrons flow from the south to the north pole through the
magnet (analogous to anodeàexternal circuitàcathode) and current from the north to the south, on completing the circuit (for
a half-cell setup).
Morever, a magnetolytic cell can be recharged be simply reversing the polarity of the two half-cells, by exchanging the magnetic
poles immersed in them.
So, to conclude, lysis and current flow with the help of magnets ---- ‘
magnetolysis
’, maybe a viable, sustainable and economic
alternative to electrolysis in the near future.
All practical applications of an electrolytic cell can be realised through an analogous
magnetolytic cell.
All the experimental data, associated graphs and data are stored for future reference.
rajatava.m@gmail.comRajatava Mukhopadhyay et al., Biosens J 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2090-4967-C1-003