Re: Resistive measurements

From: Heggood@aol.com
Date: Fri Jan 17 1997 - 04:36:20 PST


Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 07:36:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Heggood@aol.com
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg242$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Resistive measurements 


>Hi Zachary

>With reference to your problems measuring water resistance:

>>I placed stainless steel
>>wire sperated at a fixed distance into some R.O. water produced
>>by the unit. I then attached my digital multimeter's leads
>>to the two pieces of stainless steel wire. To my surprise,
>>I did not get a steady resistance measurement diplayed on the
>>digital multimeter. Instead, the value kept climbing.

Iwould be tempted to tear open 2 drycell flashlight batteries, extract
the carbon rods and try them as electrodes. I doubt if the carbon
would promote electrolysis, but I wouldn't guarantee it.
-steve-



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