CH 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Ionic Liquid, Galvanic Cell, Alternator
8 Nov 2016
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Burn something to heat water and create steam. Steam rotates a turbine which powers electricity. We use an external source of water to cool and collect steam and recycle. Power plants are all very similar except for source of heat (chemical energy is converted to heat them electricity) We can also use chemical energy to create electricity and vice versa. Light can produce electricity and vice versa. Alternatives to power plants: batteries and solar panels. Outlet: inside copper wires electrons travel and pass inside equipment we are using, then flow out. Coil and rotate wire around a magnet, we move this instead of magnet because magnet is heavy. Galvanic cells-batteries, using chemicals to create electricity. Electrolytic cells- using electricity to break up things. Photovoltaic cells-use of light to generate electricity. Oxidation reduction reactions-reaction used to produce electricity. Colorless ionic liquid (silver)+copper metal, copper dissolves, silver in solution deposits onto wire and liquid turns blue.
