Overvoltage - Platinum and Zinc in HCl
A zinc strip placed in hydrochloric acid generates bubbles, but a platinum strip in the same solution does not. When the two metals touch, gas is also generated at the platinum strip. When a wire is placed across the two metal strips outside the solution, with the strips not touching inside the solution, again gas is generated at the platinum strip.
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