Polemic History Phlogiston Theory Electron Transfer Voltage
Abstract
A polemic in response to Habashi (Bull. Hist. Chem. 2006, 31(1), 31) is presented. Woodstock believe that the idea of identifying phlogiston with the electron is both novel and interesting. The connection between phlogiston and the electrons transferred is: phlogiston = no. of electrons x Faraday const. x EMF. It is clear that all chem. reactions involving, for example, the transfer of one electron have a widely varying amts. of phlogiston, depending on the EMF, which is proportional to the phlogiston content. This highlights the limitation of the phlogiston = electron transferred idea by Habashi.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127651
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2006v031p031b
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Copyright 2006 Division of the History of Chemistry
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