Electric cell voltage at etching and deposition of metals under an inhomogeneous constant magnetic field

TL;DR

This paper investigates the self-organized electric voltage generated during metal etching and deposition on a magnetized ferromagnetic electrode in an electrolyte, caused by inhomogeneous magnetic fields without external current.

Contribution

It introduces a model for calculating self-organized voltages and analyzes the effects of inhomogeneous magnetic fields on electrolyte behavior near a ferromagnetic electrode.

Findings

Self-organized voltages arise without external current.

Inhomogeneous magnetic fields induce electrolyte rotation.

Lorentz force influences electrolyte dynamics.

Abstract

The self-organized electric cell voltage of the physical circuit is calculated at etching and deposition of metals at the surface of a magnetized ferromagnetic electrode in an electrolyte without passing an external electrical current. This self-organized voltage arises due to the inhomogeneous distribution of concentration of the effectively dia- or paramagnetic cluster components of an electrolyte at the surface of a ferromagnetic electrode under the effect of inhomogeneous magnetostatic fields. The current density and Lorentz force are calculated in an electrolyte in the vicinity of the magnetized steel ball-shaped electrode. The Lorentz force causes the rotation of an electrolyte around the direction of an external magnetic field.