01-16-2020, 10:06 AM
does it add neutron/proton ? can you pls explain what will happenpls? 
thanksThe stuff with the neutrons and protons confuses people - that\'s only gonna change with nuclear reactions What sounds like is happening, is that you are creating a bimetal battery type setup, with the aluminum going into solution at one end, driving current between the two metals and through the solution, which is removing oxides from the necklaceThis is a common way to clear silverwareThe different potentials of the metals in a solution will form a batteryPut zinc and copper in an electrolyte solution and you\'ll read a potential (voltage) between themThis is what you\'re doing, just letting the current flow in the process and it\'s removing the oxides from the necklaceThe only thing the aluminum is adding is being a sacrificial anodeAs it goes into solution, it\'s generating a current that goes through the necklace, and the oxide is being dissolved off in the electrolytic process.Other related question
thanksThe stuff with the neutrons and protons confuses people - that\'s only gonna change with nuclear reactions What sounds like is happening, is that you are creating a bimetal battery type setup, with the aluminum going into solution at one end, driving current between the two metals and through the solution, which is removing oxides from the necklaceThis is a common way to clear silverwareThe different potentials of the metals in a solution will form a batteryPut zinc and copper in an electrolyte solution and you\'ll read a potential (voltage) between themThis is what you\'re doing, just letting the current flow in the process and it\'s removing the oxides from the necklaceThe only thing the aluminum is adding is being a sacrificial anodeAs it goes into solution, it\'s generating a current that goes through the necklace, and the oxide is being dissolved off in the electrolytic process.Other related question