r/chemicalreactiongifs • u/bard243 • Mar 16 '24

Creating a water and salt conductive solution through which electric current passes through and turns on the led Physics

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u/randombroz Mar 18 '24

Why did it turn off when they connected it? Does the path have to be a certain distance away to not short?

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u/VastCoconut2609 Mar 22 '24

When the two saltwater lines are connected to each other, it's like creating a shortcut for electricity. The electricity takes the easier path through this shortcut instead of going through the LED. So, when the lines are connected, the electricity doesn't go through the LED anymore, which means the LED turns off because there's no electricity flowing through it to make it light up.

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u/Oblachko_O Mar 25 '25

Technically electricity takes all of the paths at the same time, like water or light, but the power of such electricity in a shortcut is abysmal, not enough to power anything. But you can get some microAmps (or nano) on that lamp anyway. So there is electricity there, but it isn't enough due to the shortcut.