Date of Award

6-1928

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

John R. Koch

Second Advisor

John McCormic

Abstract

The property of offering greater electrical resistance to a current when flowing in one direction than when flowing in the opposite direction possessed by some metallic salts in contact under pressure with certain metals is of interest both from a purely scientific viewpoint and from a commercial viewpoint. The phenomenon is of interest to the scientist because it has not yet been properly explained and because a suitable explanation might lead to a better understanding of what actually occurs at the contact surfaces of a metal and a salt and also of the condition of metallic surfaces. The property has found commercial application in rectifiers used for battery chargers and battery eliminators in radio receivers.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to partially fulfill the requirements for The Degree of Bachelor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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