keep the polarity the same and it will clear up. always connect + and - to the same plates/tubes (or whatever you are using). if you swap them around it'll get nasty and you'll have to start over. keep it up!
yeah, if you use tap water and/or inferior grades of stainless steel, you get quite the mess. a key item to keeping the reaction clean is to use either 304 or 315 grade stainless steel. 304 will leach some oxides if you hit with too many volts but not real bad. 316 leaches very little oxides even when abused. the muck that you will precipitate out of tap water will make you never want to drink that stuff ever again. think distilled.
Thats pretty cool. I'm gonna give it a try.
galvetraz302 3 years ago
keep the polarity the same and it will clear up. always connect + and - to the same plates/tubes (or whatever you are using). if you swap them around it'll get nasty and you'll have to start over. keep it up!
tiidukas 3 years ago
yeah, if you use tap water and/or inferior grades of stainless steel, you get quite the mess. a key item to keeping the reaction clean is to use either 304 or 315 grade stainless steel. 304 will leach some oxides if you hit with too many volts but not real bad. 316 leaches very little oxides even when abused. the muck that you will precipitate out of tap water will make you never want to drink that stuff ever again. think distilled.
SmartScarecrow 3 years ago