Electrochemistry facts for kids
Electrochemistry is a kind of chemistry that studies chemical reactions that use or make electricity. Reactions like this happen at electrodes which are made from something that conducts electricity, and put in an electrolyte. An electrolyte is a solution that has ions in it.
Electrochemistry was "invented" at the same time as the voltaic pile; the first kind of electric battery.
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Images for kids
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German physicist Otto von Guericke beside his electrical generator while conducting an experiment.
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Italian physicist Alessandro Volta showing his "battery" to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 19th century.
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Sir Humphry Davy's portrait in the 19th century.
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Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius portrait circa 1880s.
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German scientist Walther Nernst portrait in the 1910s.
See also
In Spanish: Electroquímica para niños
