What happens when you run a current through saline?

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What happens when you run a current through saline?

We put two wires attached to a 9 volt battery in a solution of water and household salt. The immediate effect was the forming of a small amount of white/grey substance off the wires, then the water turning slightly yellow. On settling the water is now colourless with a deposit of gold coloured mattered at the bottom of the glass. Could you give me a chemical equation of what has happened?

2007-09-06 09:33:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Is this your homework assignment?

2007-09-06 09:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by metalgods 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

what type of metal was the wires?

2007-09-06 16:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋