Energy Conversion A Basic Difference between Chemical and Electrochemical Reactions

Energy Conversion A Basic Difference between Chemical and Electrochemical Reactions 

A fundamental difference, which has practical importance in biology, exists between the energy conversion aspects of chemical and electrochemical reactions. 

FIGURE 4. A schematic representation of the processes occurring in an electrochemical energy producer (fuel cell). 

Stability depends are dependent upon the thixotropic aspects of the soil, and this in turn depends upon the electrochemical double layers (the opposite layer of charges which occurs at interfaces between colloidal particles in the surrounding solutions), so that electrochemical considerations control thixotropy, and thus the flow of the soil under pressure. Shifting of the foundation of buildings may, therefore, be a phenomenon which requires some knowledge of electrochemistry for its understanding. 

Lastly, it may be relevant to remark that consideration should be given to the idea that there are two chemistries. In the one (historically the first and the one always taught to beginners), one regards the basic mechanism of events as connected with reactions in the gas phase and based upon collisions of the reactants. This (i.e., collision between reactants) is the primary chemical event in nature, and regards all other phenomenon as derived from it. 

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