anodes - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In a process named for these components, a desmut (“de-smut”) solution is used to clean a surface before it is passivated with a thick, porous oxide layer that allows for easy dye application. The [emphasize] coating (-5[2])of galvanized steel acts as one of these components (-5[1])to prevent corrosion. (10[1])Ships (10[1])often (-5[1])use (10[1])zinc (10[1])as a “sacrificial” (10[2])one (10[2])of (10[1])these (10[2])components. (10[16]-5[3])One of these (10[1])components (10[2]-5[2])continuously dissolves to provide (-5[1])the coating material in electroplating. (10[1]-5[2])Metals that have a lower reduction (10[1])potential (10[1])will tend (10[1])to act (10[1])as one (10[1])of these components, (-5[7])which electrons (10[1])flow away (10[3])from (-5[1])in a galvanic (10[2]-5[3])cell. (10[2]-5[4])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[2])name this electrode (10[1]-5[3])often (-5[2])paired (10[1])with a cathode. (10[9])■END■ (10[34]0[2])

ANSWER: anodes [accept sacrificial anodes; accept anodization; prompt on electrodes until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Fern Fang	VCU A	NCSU B	33	-5
Nathan Whittington	Tennessee A	Sewanne	33	-5
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	UCSC	42	-5
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	45	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	46	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Sheffield B	47	-5
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh D	48	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa A	49	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UCLA C	52	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	Florida State A	52	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar A	53	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Auburn B	53	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA E	54	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Ohio State B	55	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn	Lehigh B	55	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	56	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	UCSD A	56	10
Gus Morin-Strom	Carleton B	Carleton A	56	10
Kenny Ruhland	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	56	-5
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan State C	56	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Louisville D	56	-5
Matthew Wozniak	Michigan B	Michigan State B	56	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	Pittsburgh	56	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	CWRU A	56	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Liberty C	56	-5
Cy Stavros	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	56	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Arizona State A	56	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	56	10
Olivia Ding	Texas	Washington Steelhead	56	10
Ronak Kelkar	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	56	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	56	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	South Carolina A	56	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Binghamton B	56	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT B	56	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	59	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	60	-5
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	WVU A	60	-5
Ben Simmons	Macalester	Wisconsin C	60	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Clemson B	60	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Rutgers D	64	-5
Justin Sato	Stanford A	Stanford B	69	-5
Noah Fine	UNC D	Liberty B	69	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	69	-5
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	UConn A	75	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Tufts B	76	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	78	10
Zach Majorowicz	St. Thomas	Minnesota	80	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	82	10
Noah Trochessett	Florida B	South Florida A	85	-5
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Louisville A	85	-5
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan D	85	-5
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Rutgers C	85	-5
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	85	-5
Salil Jain	Williams B	Boston College B	85	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Alabama A	85	-5
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	87	10
Sophia Jagels	William & Mary B	Virginia Tech C	89	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Amherst A	89	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Washington Masu	89	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Liberty A	90	-5
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	UCSD B	93	-5
Taran Knutson	Michigan A	Louisville C	93	10
Nivedh Mudiam	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	93	-5
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Arizona State B	93	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Pink	93	-5
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont B	94	10
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	USC B	94	-5
Daniel Rosado	UCLA D	USC A	94	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	94	-5
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	British Columbia B	94	-5
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	94	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	97	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	97	-5
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	97	-5
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	UNC B	100	-5
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	NYU A	100	10
Devon Kumar	Tufts C	Williams C	100	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	100	-5
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	101	-5
Gabe Rosen-Turits	NYU B	George Mason C	101	-5
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	Virginia Tech B	102	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UC Santa Barbara	105	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill A	105	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	JMU A	105	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	105	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Dartmouth B	105	10
Steven Su	Harvard	Southern Connecticut State University A	105	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	105	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	York	105	10
Peter Smith	Binghamton A	Rochester	105	10
Aditya Koushik	Stanford B	Stanford A	106	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	106	10
Taman Truong	USC B	UCLA F	106	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA D	106	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Ottawa C	106	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida A	106	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida B	106	10
Heidi Moyer	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	106	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Kentucky	106	10
Bonham Buchannon	Louisville D	Ohio State A	106	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU D	106	10
Isabelle Mitchem	WVU A	Ohio State C	106	10
Jonathan Schneidau	Liberty A	William & Mary C	106	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU A	106	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	William & Mary A	106	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	VCU A	106	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	NYU B	106	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	Rowan	106	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	106	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Stony Brook	106	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Vassar B	106	10
Anastasia Thacker	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	106	0
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	106	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Tufts C	106	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Vermont B	106	0
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brown B	106	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	106	10
Daniel Lu	Washington Pink	Boise State	106	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Tennessee B	106	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	106	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	106	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Tennessee A	106	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	106	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Durham D	106	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	106	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Cornell A	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	4	100%	25%	91.25
Northern California	US	4	100%	50%	78.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	43%	81.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	75.00
Florida	US	4	100%	50%	92.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	40%	79.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	56%	96.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	87.11
North	US	4	75%	25%	79.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	25%	93.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	38%	80.38
Southeast	US	12	92%	25%	82.27
Upstate NY	US	6	67%	50%	80.75