Is a gold electrode supposed to corrode during electrolysis?
#0183;#32;Help! I was under the assumption that a gold electrode for oxygen would be able to sustain water electrolysis with sodium bicarbonate as the electrolyte without degrading, so I bought a foot long of 28 gauge 24k(pure gold) wire, but I''ve been putting it to the test for about 30 minutes and it''s already starting to degrade!