{"id":335,"date":"2016-03-23T06:22:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T06:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaronparsekian.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2016-03-23T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:21:33","slug":"salt-water-cell-electrodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aaronparsekian.com\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Salt Water cell – electrodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

An important part of my salt water cell is its\u00a0carbon electrode. Up until now I have been using a commercially made electrode. Where the magnesium electrode is just a simple rod, the carbon electrode is a little more complicated. It is made up of some form of carbon or graphite, a binding agent, and some form of mesh to hold it in place. I want\u00a0to be able use regular charcoal from a fire for my carbon electrode, and some non-toxic binding agent. In order to produce consistent results for now, I\u00a0started with\u00a0some activated carbon filters for aquariums. After a few minutes in the coffee grinder, I had a fine, and very messy carbon powder. It\u00a0conductivity was around 130 Ohms\u00a0which is similar to the commercial electrode.<\/p>\n

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I mixed the carbon powder with some clear gel kraft glue. I added\u00a0rubbing alcohol to thin it out temporarily as well.<\/p>\n

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I then spread the mix over\u00a0a stainless steel mesh and clamped it in my vice:<\/p>\n

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It works!<\/p>\n

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I was amazed\u00a0to see the magnesium start to fizz when I dropped it in. The only issue with it is that the kraft glue does not hold up underwater for very long. I was a little stumped since I wanted to use a natural glue for the binding agent, but most are water-based. I started researching natural glues that were waterproof. There were many interesting\u00a0glues out there.<\/p>\n

Here is the battery ratings with my charcoal electrode:<\/p>\n

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One recipe that caught my eye was pine sap glue. The recipe I came across after a quick google search can be found here:<\/p>\n

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Surprisingly the only ingredient other than\u00a0pine sap is charcoal. I’m now wondering if I can produce an all natural electrode by increasing the amount of charcoal called for? I ordered some pine resin off amazon.com to start experimenting with.<\/p>\n

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