Exploding water

High Voltage DC capacitor discharge and distilled water.

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Science & Technology

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• high
• voltage
• water
• capacitor
• discharge

[salamence13]

Wait, if that is distilled water, then why is it conducting electricity? We all know that tap water conducts electricity; this is because there are electrolytes in the water that allow electron flow, causing the water to be "conducting" electricity. So if that water is pure water, then why is it conducting electricity?

[m3sca1]

@salamence13 glad to see your paying attention!=)

its not conducting.its a dilectric failure!when water is non conductive it is a dilectric,and when the voltage is too high for a dilectrics rating,then it fails to hold the voltage back.

Its what Meyer called catastrophic failure of the dilectric ability of water

[nathanmarkbooth]

Not just hho being produced. Also chlorine gas!!!! Can be dangerous to your health. Only in a well ventilated environment.

[m3sca1]

@nathanmarkbooth there is no chloride ions in the water-its distilled water,and the electrodes are tungsten-so where is the chlorine going to come from?

[tazein022]

wow!!!!!!can you please send me the schematic?

[m3sca1]

@tazein022 its very straight forward-the AC comes out of the NST into the rectifier-the DC comes out of the rectifier and into the cap-the discharge is a very basic switch that dumps the cap into the lid containing a short spark gap and water covering the spark gap-if you need any more than that feel free to send me a personal message with your email address

[PeckerWoods101]

Microwave a cup of water for 5mins, take it out and throw a spoon in... now that's exploding water..

[tabletka666]

skip to 1:13

[radicaldanzero]

Instead of a plastic cap, you could try to make some sort of piston/cylinder so you can measure the force. Looks like a good way to produce motion. I know they do hydroforming of metals this way. I just wonder if it can be adapted to a motor for propulsion. Peace!

[madjimms]

@salamence13 Actually, even 100% pure water is still slightly conductive. Nearly everything is SLIGHTLY.

[Onafets94]

i don't understand what's the water for

if the energy for the explosion comes only from elecricity, you don't need water because air or almost anything non-conducting can be used as a dielectric, and i can't understand how can water store a lot of chemichal energy...

if there is a chemical reaction, what is it?

[spasticteapot]

@m3sca1

Magic Brown's Gas fairies bring it, of course.

[nathanmarkbooth]

My bad! I wrote this comment for another video. They were using electrolysis on salt water.