Overvoltage - Copper and Zinc in HCl

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A zinc strip placed in hydrochloric acid generates gas bubbles, but a copper strip in the same solution does not. When the two metals touch, gas is also generated at the copper 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 copper strip.

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