Galavani
Volta
Davy
Faraday
Ah-ha moments & other Guest stars
100
His place of birth and instrument named after him
What are Bologna, Italy and the Galvonometer?
100
His full name & place of birth
What is Count Alessandro Volta, and Como, Italy?
100
Hi first name and place of birth
What are Humphrey and England?
100
He began his career in Chemistry as an assistant to this famous Scientist
Who is Sir Davy?
100
The evidence from electrolysis provides further support for who's "atomic theory of matter"
Who is Dalton?
200
The kind of experiments he did on frogs
What is electrical stimulation of muscle fibres in frogs legs?
200
His background in Science was in this field
What is physics?
200
His most brilliant research
What is the effects of electricity on chemical compounds? (he explored the applications of the Voltaic Pile and electric batteries to find these effects)
200
He is most famous for his work in this field
What is electromagnetism? (he discovered the principle of the electric motor and the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction)
200
The charge on an _____ is equal to exactly 1,2,3 or 4 times that of one electron
What is an ion?
300
Electrophysiology
What is the field of Science he initiated? (which led to dramatic developments in electrochemistry)
300
The term he used in his opposing view in the Galvani-Volta Controversy
What is "metallic electricity"?
300
He used this to pass strong electric current through molten salts of various compounds (suspected of containing undiscovered elements)
What is the LARGEST BATTERY of ALL TIME (he constructed it!)?
300
Chlorine and benzene
Which element did he liquify and which did he isolate?
300
The quantity of charge carried by a mole of electons is referred to as the ________
What is the faraday (F)?
400
He discovered muscle twitches and contractions could be caused by doing this
What is touching the nerve with various metals without the need for electrostatic charge?
400
Name two of his three famous discoveries
What are: 1) the electrophorus (could transfer static electricity between objects) 2) the isolation and discovery of methane gas 3) the Voltaic Pile (his most famous discovery!!!)
400
The two alkali metals he isolated
What are potassium and sodium? (He also isolated barium, calcium, strontium and magnesium!)
400
The number of fundamental laws of electrolysis he devised
What is two?
400
According to Faraday's first law, the quantity of electrical charge transferred by an electric current depends on the _________ of the current and the ______ for which it flows
What are the magnitude and the time?
500
His conclusion, that led to the Galvani-Volta Controversy
What is that animal tissue contained a "vital force" or "ANIMAL ELECTRICITY"?
500
The components of the Voltaic Pile (the first direct current battery)... that "took the world by storm!"
What is (explanation must include all components - alternating disks of zinc & silver, separated by moist cloth or cardboard soaked in concentrated salt solution, with wire attached to the ends)
500
Name two other famous works of Sir Davy
What are; 1) the Davy Lamp (used by coal miners) 2) the use of N2O as an anaesthetic 3) that hydrogen, not oxygen, was responsible for the characteristics of acids!
500
His fundamental laws of electrolysis govern this
What are quantitative relationships in electrolytic processes?
500
According to Faraday's second law, if electrolytic cells are connected in _______, the numbers of ______ of products at the electrodes are in simple ratios of each other. (This allowed Helmholtz to conclude that electricity must be made up of "tiny packages" in accord with the "atomic theory of matter")
What are series and moles?
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