Sobe bottle hydrogen torch

Just a Sobe bottle with NaOH, water and foil to a make hydrogen gas torch.

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• hydrogen
• gas
• torch
• sobe
• bottle
• flame
• burn

[Joshuajones91]

I've done that, it's cool =)

[Kylork]

yeah, fun stuff

[Mekill60]

It could still blow up from pressure, but I doubt greatly that that was remotely close to the point of blowing up.

[Kylork]

I'm pretty sure it's a highly inefficient way to make hydrogen. It costs me about 50c just to fill up a balloon with hydrogen this way. See, this way requires that you mix NaOH with water and aluminum. And that creates a lot of gross waste product. Always good to be thinking about these things though.

[sickpigrecords]

sorry my bad i thought it was from hho gas a bit late when i was making that comment i think lol i probably didnt read the comment how much gas dose it produce ? could this type of reaction be utlised for fule creation i.e. is it cost effective, produce a sustainable amount of hydrogen or would it have to be stored and used later ?

[Kylork]

yes, but I prefer not to put too much, it seems to be wasteful, but I could be wrong.

[Kylork]

yes you can, i'm not sure what the recommended amount is though. I try not to put too much, it seems to be wasteful, but I could be wrong.

[Kylork]

whoa, gotta be careful!

[Kylork]

Sweet, that's pretty impressive! Playing with chemicals is fun.

[Britianlockman]

i had one of those extended lighters and it broke so i took the miny fuel line out then i poked a hole in the top of the sobe bottle cap with a tack and stuck it in there and JB welded the hole shut. It makes a tiny torch with a flame |--------| (actual length)and i used muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) insead of lye

[Kylork]

I wish that were true, but no the bottle can't blow up like this no matter how small the hole because in order for the flame to backflash into the bottle, it would require that the inside of the bottle contain oxygen. Yes the inside contains hydrogen, but without sufficient oxygen inside the bottle, there can be no internal combustion. And the reason there's no oxygen in the bottle is because the chemicals are busy displacing the inside air with hydrogen, and there's no room for oxygen to enter.