Open AccessThe electrical polarization of frog skin by direct currents
Author(s) -
O. Gatty
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9193
pISSN - 0080-4649
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1941.0006
Subject(s) - disequilibrium , polarization (electrochemistry) , homogeneous , frog skin , anode , direct current , materials science , chemistry , voltage , physics , electrical engineering , electrode , metallurgy , medicine , thermodynamics , surgery , engineering , sodium
Results concerning the electrical polarization of frog skin by direct currents are presented with adequate statistical control. The results are discussed and show that the skin is electrically non-homogeneous and in a state of disequilibrium. The results are presumptive evidence for at least a three-unit model consisting of a series resistance and local action between an anodic area and a cathodic area as is also considered in the theory of corroding metals.