i did this battery method in a bottle with a balloon on top, besides hydrogen what other gases would be contained in the balloon at the end of the electrolysis?
@alanjerdan there would probably be air in the balloon (ie nitrogen, oxygen, and a little bit of argon and the other noble gasses) because there is air in the bottle when you start. A suggestion to improve your experiment: maybe use a high voltage power supply, putting a balloon on the bottle, waiting until the balloon fills up to the volume of the bottle, QUICKLY taking off that balloon, inverting the bottle and capping it with your thumb. Then get a helper to put on another balloon.
@elementguy27 ill try that, im doing experiments with my daughter so i will probably stay away from higher voltage until she gets a little older. im trying to do things that will get her interest going in the direction of science.
@elementguy27 i would def appreciate that. right now im just trying to find basic chemistry stuff that can be done reasonably cheap. i have a decent understanding of concepts but have never done any actual chemistry experiments before now
@alanjerdan Give me an idea of some of the basic concepts that you are trying to teach (and ideally what age you are trying to teach) and I can recommend some cool experiments that you can do on a budget.
@elementguy27 well for my daughter i think anything safe and colorful would be good. its usually her and her cousins and they are in the age range of 3-6. i just want them to see that stuff that think is fun is actually science based. lol. for me i want to start working on isolating elements. i've been reading books on chemistry for a while and am just now getting started with doing reactions
I appreciate that (I think) I can recreate this experiment due to your thorough explanations. I also enjoy the reminder of my chemistry classes, which I loved. Thank you.
When you post a video on youtube, then you can place tags on your video. For example in this video my tags are: "Hydrogen Video" instructions elements educational electrolysis elementguy27 "hydrogen video" hydrogen Hydrogen "hydrochloric acid" "Hydrochloric acid". My video will come up when any of these are searched.
So much fun to see you engaging so fully into the fascinating world of science. It is clear you have an innate joy for learning this, and it is wonderful to see. Thank you for your inspiration.
One small idea--I think your two experiments are worthy of two separate videos--that way people looking for electrolysis might be able to find it based on the search terms they are looking for. Hopefully everyone who's interested can find your wonderful videos!
i did this battery method in a bottle with a balloon on top, besides hydrogen what other gases would be contained in the balloon at the end of the electrolysis?
alanjerdan 3 months ago
@alanjerdan there would probably be air in the balloon (ie nitrogen, oxygen, and a little bit of argon and the other noble gasses) because there is air in the bottle when you start. A suggestion to improve your experiment: maybe use a high voltage power supply, putting a balloon on the bottle, waiting until the balloon fills up to the volume of the bottle, QUICKLY taking off that balloon, inverting the bottle and capping it with your thumb. Then get a helper to put on another balloon.
elementguy27 3 months ago
@elementguy27 ill try that, im doing experiments with my daughter so i will probably stay away from higher voltage until she gets a little older. im trying to do things that will get her interest going in the direction of science.
alanjerdan 3 months ago
@alanjerdan mega cool. If you'd like, I can send you a message with suggestions about experiments good for whatever concepts you're trying to teach.
elementguy27 3 months ago
@elementguy27 i would def appreciate that. right now im just trying to find basic chemistry stuff that can be done reasonably cheap. i have a decent understanding of concepts but have never done any actual chemistry experiments before now
alanjerdan 3 months ago
@alanjerdan Give me an idea of some of the basic concepts that you are trying to teach (and ideally what age you are trying to teach) and I can recommend some cool experiments that you can do on a budget.
elementguy27 3 months ago
@elementguy27 well for my daughter i think anything safe and colorful would be good. its usually her and her cousins and they are in the age range of 3-6. i just want them to see that stuff that think is fun is actually science based. lol. for me i want to start working on isolating elements. i've been reading books on chemistry for a while and am just now getting started with doing reactions
alanjerdan 3 months ago
I like it.
Hysteriaclips 8 months ago
@Hysteriaclips of course you do! lol.
elementguy27 8 months ago
I appreciate that (I think) I can recreate this experiment due to your thorough explanations. I also enjoy the reminder of my chemistry classes, which I loved. Thank you.
surfdancer2 10 months ago
When you post a video on youtube, then you can place tags on your video. For example in this video my tags are: "Hydrogen Video" instructions elements educational electrolysis elementguy27 "hydrogen video" hydrogen Hydrogen "hydrochloric acid" "Hydrochloric acid". My video will come up when any of these are searched.
elementguy27 11 months ago
So much fun to see you engaging so fully into the fascinating world of science. It is clear you have an innate joy for learning this, and it is wonderful to see. Thank you for your inspiration.
One small idea--I think your two experiments are worthy of two separate videos--that way people looking for electrolysis might be able to find it based on the search terms they are looking for. Hopefully everyone who's interested can find your wonderful videos!
servemorepeople 11 months ago
Very interesting, elementguy. You make science fun!
stormtrustee 11 months ago
Very interesting, elementguy. You make science fun!
stormtrustee 11 months ago
@stormtrustee
Oopsie. I posted that twice.
stormtrustee 11 months ago
Very true!! I don't have any excuse to gas plants for any of the elements though. )-:) I'll just have to wait until I do compound and salt videos-
elementguy27 11 months ago
Hey, I think we did that in the exact same spot last week!
davidsindenver 11 months ago
Super! But I need a course in basic chemistry to really understand what you're demonstrating here.
shirabetho 11 months ago
Love it! Can't wait to see Helium!
DanfromMinny 11 months ago
Thanks to the Periodic Table of Videos! They gave me the idea to do this.
elementguy27 11 months ago