Study on the Spontaneous Elemental Lysis of an Electrolyte due to the presence of a Static Magnetic Field from contact with a so-called Permanent Magnet*

This is a project to verify the results of a controversial experiment performed by Prof. Felix Ehrenhaft (1944). The absence of any constructive follow up research work for 74 years has motivated this work.
This experiment is focused on studying the effects of the static magnetic field due to standard laboratory and industrial grade AlNiCo bar magnets on a 0.1 M solution of CuCl₂. The deposition of copper granules begins near the south pole of the bar magnet and gradually progresses to cover the entire surface of the magnet. Gas bubbles form near the north pole of the magnet. This hints at the lysis of the CuCl₂ electrolyte. However, this happens without any external induced potential difference acting between the terminals, and only when a magnet is present, not otherwise. The study of the lysis of electrolytes in the presence of such a static magnetic field and the implications that this phenomenon presents are the aims of this experiment.