How does the electrical current in electrolysis act as a catalyst driving a reaction forwards?

The electrical current in electrolysis act as a catalyst driving a reaction in forward direction because when the electric current is allowed to the electrodes, the particles in the solution starts movement towards electrodes. Before this current, the particles inside the solution are static. If a solution contain sodium chloride so when the electrical current is passed. Sodium moves to the negative electrode while chlorine moves towards positive electrode and both the atoms are separated from each other and the reaction is completed.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.