Electrolysis of Water - Exploding Hydrogen

This movie explains the process of separating water into hydrogen and oxygen gas, among other things. It also provides a brief scientific explanation of how this works, and, of course, combustion of the produced Hydrogen.

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• hydrogen
• oxygen
• science
• explode
• combust
• fire
• electrolysis

[Dragon9Dragoon]

without any attempt to dis encourage you my friend your whole process of making H2 is lame you used 7 Amps of power to make too little H2. Now i just now this by the explosion you made and it just isn't beneficial. Now i have thoughts that u made this because you didn't want to produce too much H2 so the bottle wouldn't go off.. My advice? Just play around with the electrolyte and don't put in that much... or use electrodes of much more surface than 2 electrodes made of wire.

[mhafter]

You're absolutely right. I am very familiar with the principles that would increase the hydrogen production of this model, but this was simply a proof-of-concept, not something designed to serve an industrial purpose. What you might not have observed, however, was the volume of the explosion - the camera doesn't do it justice. Any bigger and that horrid whistle of the gas combusting in a small bottle neck will most likely destroy my hearing!

[nojoke510]

where do you get the battery and whats it called

[mhafter]

I am not using a battery but instead a power supply. It transforms standard wall current into DC current. You can probably find one in an electronics or hobby catalog.

[wsteeleiii]

isn't the cathode the - and the anode the +? Isn't the hydrogen formed at the cathode and oxygen formed at the anode? You've got it reversed right?

[mhafter]

yes, I have it reversed. I realized this a while after I posted the movie.

[jbaldwin343]

"Don't do this at home" Even though you are doing this at home.

[amen2233]

Do not try this at home --eh ? Just tell us where you filmed this ..einstien ..your neighbours place??

[bogof4]

idid this at home... ohhhhh sooo scary >.<... it didnt work as planed for me though the water formed some weird green and orange gunk and bubles...

[chasterbob]

This video appears to be Mute!!!

[UserIsAnFBIAgent]

Good Video, The Higher the voltage, and the higher the current, the more Hydrogen, and the more Oxygen. Very Good Video, Thanx

[quangluu96]

H2o is the best fuel, Hydrogen to ignite, and oxygen to burn =) wow water uses as 2 sources

[Dem0D1ck]

Might be an instructive video it there was AUDIO!

[gabrielhidasy]

the reaction is not exactly correct, you need to remember that using NaCl instead of the most comom H2SO4 you will have a different soluction, in fact you would produce no O2, but Cl2 (That tends to combine on anode more than O2), but it was nice!

[master6ate]

@cjo814 LOL!!! chem 101 man... chlorine IS a gas, and is heavier than air.

[dzgfdg]

ur dumb

[keola310]

@jsmithmilitary Really? how so? ok for thos who are idiots please at least google hydrolysis! before you mAKE A FOOL OF YOUR SELF.. OR THUMBS DOWN ME HAHAHA

[jsmithmilitary]

its funny cause your actually the one who is wrong