Kurl Vincent P.

Gamboa

B90

In the society today, many things are powered by a battery. The other cellphone companies are
using longer battery life to gain more consumers to buy their products. The kind of chemistry
that happens inside the battery is called Electrochemistry. So, what is an electricity? An
electricity is a movement of electrons through something. It involves reaction that produced or
consumed free electrons. Electrochemistry specifically they are called oxidation – reaction in
which a one substance loses electron and the other substance will gain more electron.
Electrochemistry is the study of a chemical changes that produced a current across, as well as
the production of energy by a chemical reaction. It also embraces the study of electrolyte
solutions. It contains ions, atoms, that have lost or gained electrons. And it is electrically
conductive, so they are often called ionic solutions. The amount of work that can be done
depends on how strong the pull or push of the two reactants. This is the reactions called
Electrical Potential or Voltage. Basically, if the voltage is high each electron can do a lot of work
than if the voltage is low. So, the battery has certain chemical reactions that can make
electricity. Current is connected to the rate of the electrode reactions, potential, and to the cell
energetics. Many chemical reactions require the input of energy. It can be passed at the surfaces
of electrodes in cells that is connected to the external power supplies. This reaction delivers
information about the nature and properties of a chemical species that contained in the cells.

Electrochemistry has a lot of different uses in our society. In science and technology, batteries is
a device that provisions chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form. Battery is
made from electrochemical devices such as one or more galvanic cells of fuel cell. A fuel cell
turns into chemical potential energy that produced by the oxidation of fuels into electrical
energy. Electroplating is the process of covering of an electrically conductive object with a thin
layer of metal using of electrical current. Sometimes, it is used to give a metal property for
aesthetic reasons. Electro-refining also called electrowinning is a kind of electroplating on a
large scale. A copper plays a big role in the electrical industry. Copper is very conductive and is
used in electric cables. One of the problems of the copper is that it must pure if it is to be an
effective current carrier. The methods that is used to purify copper is electrowinning.
Oxidation-reduction reactions also fuels the most advanced transportation known as space
shuttle. It is small compared to its external apparatus, which is made from two solid rocket
boosters on either side, along with an external fuel tank. It has ammonium perchlorate and
powdered aluminum. At the same time, it is responsible for the spoiling of food. To prevent
spoilage, manufacturers of food items often add preservatives, which acts as the reducing
agents. Some of the examples of the electrochemistry are cell phones, electric cars, handheld
game consoles, remote controls, wireless game controllers, handheld radios, computer mice
that are wireless, laptops and toy drones.

There are factors that affect the electrochemistry. This are the surface area, concentration and
temperature. The surface area increases while the voltage is decreasing which mean that it will
probably flatten out soon and there will be no changes at all. The concentration does not
provide as much impact on voltage. By increasing the concentration, it will increase the number
of electrons and that should be directly proportional to how long the cell would last. If double
the quantity of electrons but using the same rate that means it should last twice as long since it
has twice as many electrons. There are no big changes in voltage when temperature is change.
Changing the temperature does two things, it increases the rate at which the atom hits per
second and changes how the force it hits with by providing its kinetic energy. So, if a copper
atom hits and electrode strong, it doesn’t transfer at the same rate since it must go through a
copper wire.

There are a lot of benefits if I study electrochemistry specially I’m electronics and
communication students. I can used electrochemistry in my studies because I have a subject
based on electronics. We used electrons that can be used in making of electronics. It powers the
electronics to become useful in the society.