KOH, potasium hydroxide and aluminium produce hydrogen in water... however it nasty stuff it eats glass, and heats up very quickly.. don't inhale the gas either it ain't just hydrogen.... uhm, a little help, use KOH as electrolite, and 316L stainless electrodes, electrolysis eats anything else...( minus platinum and that more expensive then gold so)
Oh and please don't use salt in water, tiny ammount of chlorine gas (lethal to us)
I used to do this in elementary school, and collected the hydrogen and oxigen with an inverted tube. my intention was to use the gasses to oxidize sulfur to make sufurous, then sulfuric acid. needless to say it didn't work very well because I didn't have the right equipment to keep the sulfur liquid for an extended period of time.
i made my first it has 3 tubes going in 2 are water in and out and the third is the gas that im making im using 28.8v (2 drill battery's) and im not sure on the amps but it goes on needs a upgrade but low on money for my next im going to get 2 copper sheets (not sure on size) and put it into a coffee jar and see how that goes good luck with you're experiment
as long as aluminum stays the negative electrode you should never have a problem with it deteriorating ive been using a mixture of aluminum and stainless steel and it works well i have videos showing it
@prototype9000 you need to lookup grain boundary carbide pricipitaion. as we know, 316L stainless is the best to use. Aluminum doesn't work well (tiny bubbles) and it eventually becomes part of the water. HHO2U.com has a picture of the 2 test plates, one 304 stainless and one 316L after 500 hours runtime the 304 was half missing, while the 316L looked like it needed cleaning and put back in :-\
Now kids, look here, i don't want to get to close but this looks to be like.. CRIKEY!! IT IS!!, We have here a Homo Sapien, They are best known for their use of tools to preform tasks & Darwinism (Weeding out the Weak naturally, under ones own power), where as other species of mammals are preyed upon, some homosapiens have no need to rely on predators.
I am eager to see what type of set up you use, as I believe you were going to make a mock fuel cell, which I'm interested in seeing the difference in the way people compile working components
When you mentioned in the you tube clip a chemical reaction, it works really nicely, however it's not controlled. Can you include a description specifically of what you were referring to?
Can you tell me whether that is a power plug which you have seperated the two wires and connected each up to the corresponding material?
If that is the case, have you been electrically shocked at all by having that in the water? Can you maybe do another youtube focusing on that aspect of the setup and how to avoid electrocution or why it won't electrocute you?
Very interesting buddy. I surfed online and couldn't find anything worthwhile on draino, in terms of its ingredients.
. You want to add electrons through providing them with a battery to the water. Therefore, splitting the bonds that hydrogen and oxygen have for each other and them being released as a gas. Does this make since?
Pure water is not a very good conductor of electricity. But NaCl in water is a great conductor. The reason for having similar metals is that you want the redox reaction to happen at both electrodes. If you use dissimilar metals the metal will gain an electron and migrate in solution to the dissimilar metal electrode.
The aluminum will migrate into solution producing a jelly like clear substance called Aluminum chloride. I wouldn't use it in this application. I would use similar metals like platinum being the best because it won't corrode in a salt solution. The only reason you would add salt to the solution is to make the water an electrolyte.
chlorine gas is poisonous, it'll make you really sick or kill you if you breathe it! Be careful experimenting with what you don't know! Look before you leap,friends!
it produces more the closer you get to the aluminum because of the resonance of the water and electrical current. I'm not sure all the math and exact electronic stuff but, electicity flows in waves, and the amount of current depends on conductive properties of material being used, so.... to get the right material, the right current frequency, and the right spacing are all relative.
NaOH is in drano, sodium hydroxide. not fun stuff, lye in laymans terms. expensive for purpose, hazardous, and not something easily disposed of. Watch out for table salt to, it produces chlorine gas as a byproduct, baking soda is good in distilled water.
aluminum only produces hydrogen gas, and then only on the negative terminal. This is what I have learned in my research. good output with the steel though!
@riddicksworldtv I've never heard of that happening before, but the oxygen given off with the hydrogen has to be coming from somewhere, so the only logical explanation as far as I know is that both gases are somehow coming from the same electrode.
KOH, potasium hydroxide and aluminium produce hydrogen in water... however it nasty stuff it eats glass, and heats up very quickly.. don't inhale the gas either it ain't just hydrogen.... uhm, a little help, use KOH as electrolite, and 316L stainless electrodes, electrolysis eats anything else...( minus platinum and that more expensive then gold so)
Oh and please don't use salt in water, tiny ammount of chlorine gas (lethal to us)
Me102288 9 months ago
I used to do this in elementary school, and collected the hydrogen and oxigen with an inverted tube. my intention was to use the gasses to oxidize sulfur to make sufurous, then sulfuric acid. needless to say it didn't work very well because I didn't have the right equipment to keep the sulfur liquid for an extended period of time.
Eviscera09 1 year ago
i made my first it has 3 tubes going in 2 are water in and out and the third is the gas that im making im using 28.8v (2 drill battery's) and im not sure on the amps but it goes on needs a upgrade but low on money for my next im going to get 2 copper sheets (not sure on size) and put it into a coffee jar and see how that goes good luck with you're experiment
then3rdboy 1 year ago
Hey, i tried electrolyzing urine with aluminum electrodes and it got destroyed. It didn't dissolve or anything, but just started flaking off.
osmoridium 1 year ago
as long as aluminum stays the negative electrode you should never have a problem with it deteriorating ive been using a mixture of aluminum and stainless steel and it works well i have videos showing it
prototype9000 2 years ago
@prototype9000 you need to lookup grain boundary carbide pricipitaion. as we know, 316L stainless is the best to use. Aluminum doesn't work well (tiny bubbles) and it eventually becomes part of the water. HHO2U.com has a picture of the 2 test plates, one 304 stainless and one 316L after 500 hours runtime the 304 was half missing, while the 316L looked like it needed cleaning and put back in :-\
Me102288 9 months ago
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@Me102288 i dont need to look it up
prototype9000 9 months ago
Now kids, look here, i don't want to get to close but this looks to be like.. CRIKEY!! IT IS!!, We have here a Homo Sapien, They are best known for their use of tools to preform tasks & Darwinism (Weeding out the Weak naturally, under ones own power), where as other species of mammals are preyed upon, some homosapiens have no need to rely on predators.
AdultoysUSA 2 years ago
Be careful using salt as an electrolyte, it gives off chlorine gas, which tends not to be good for ones health
tcburns92 2 years ago
I am eager to see what type of set up you use, as I believe you were going to make a mock fuel cell, which I'm interested in seeing the difference in the way people compile working components
When you mentioned in the you tube clip a chemical reaction, it works really nicely, however it's not controlled. Can you include a description specifically of what you were referring to?
AgOrganic 2 years ago
Can you tell me whether that is a power plug which you have seperated the two wires and connected each up to the corresponding material?
If that is the case, have you been electrically shocked at all by having that in the water? Can you maybe do another youtube focusing on that aspect of the setup and how to avoid electrocution or why it won't electrocute you?
Very interesting buddy. I surfed online and couldn't find anything worthwhile on draino, in terms of its ingredients.
AgOrganic 2 years ago
. You want to add electrons through providing them with a battery to the water. Therefore, splitting the bonds that hydrogen and oxygen have for each other and them being released as a gas. Does this make since?
VoiceO1 2 years ago
Pure water is not a very good conductor of electricity. But NaCl in water is a great conductor. The reason for having similar metals is that you want the redox reaction to happen at both electrodes. If you use dissimilar metals the metal will gain an electron and migrate in solution to the dissimilar metal electrode.
VoiceO1 2 years ago
The aluminum will migrate into solution producing a jelly like clear substance called Aluminum chloride. I wouldn't use it in this application. I would use similar metals like platinum being the best because it won't corrode in a salt solution. The only reason you would add salt to the solution is to make the water an electrolyte.
VoiceO1 2 years ago
chlorine gas is poisonous, it'll make you really sick or kill you if you breathe it! Be careful experimenting with what you don't know! Look before you leap,friends!
audiegates 3 years ago
It's Aliminium, not aluminum
Ali-Mini-e-um
totalwhack 3 years ago
still researching, but this is what I have found.
good luck!
pdfast00 3 years ago
it produces more the closer you get to the aluminum because of the resonance of the water and electrical current. I'm not sure all the math and exact electronic stuff but, electicity flows in waves, and the amount of current depends on conductive properties of material being used, so.... to get the right material, the right current frequency, and the right spacing are all relative.
pdfast00 3 years ago
NaOH is in drano, sodium hydroxide. not fun stuff, lye in laymans terms. expensive for purpose, hazardous, and not something easily disposed of. Watch out for table salt to, it produces chlorine gas as a byproduct, baking soda is good in distilled water.
pdfast00 3 years ago 5
aluminum only produces hydrogen gas, and then only on the negative terminal. This is what I have learned in my research. good output with the steel though!
pdfast00 3 years ago
your right
I have made a joe cell made off 316l stainless steel for negative pole
and 3mm thick aluminium for the positive pole
so there are 9 disks of + and 10 of -
and you know what there are only bubbles comming from the negative pole
and nothing from the positive
now i want to know if this is for real ,is it only hydrogen or is the some way that hydrogen an oxygen can come from the negative pole only HELP ME
riddicksworldtv 1 year ago
@riddicksworldtv I've never heard of that happening before, but the oxygen given off with the hydrogen has to be coming from somewhere, so the only logical explanation as far as I know is that both gases are somehow coming from the same electrode.
carrierpilot1357 1 year ago