payasjhamb 1 Fill a glass (about 3 in./7.5cm diameter) about 3/4 full of tap water. 2 Dissolve a tablespoon of table salt in the water. Salt helps conduct electricity better through water. (However this may produce amounts of chlorine gas due to the chloride anomaly. This will not produce significant volumes of the gas unless massive current is applied.) 3 Place a thin piece of cardboard (a paper plate will work) over the opening of the glass. Poke two thin electrical wires, approximately 1-2 feet/30-60cm long, through the cardboard about 2 inches/5cm apart so that one end of the wire is approximately 2-3 inches/5-7cm submerged in the water. 4 Wrap the other ends of the wires around the positive and negative terminals of a nine-volt battery. Bubbles will soon begin to form on the submerged ends of the wires, hydrogen gas on negative wire and oxygen on the positive wire. 5To produce sizable amounts of hydrogen (or oxygen) [NOTE: Discretion is advised], continue following these steps; otherwise, you are finished at Step 5. You will require, in addition to the previously stated items, a smaller container (a syringe is best) and something with which to suspend the smaller container upside down (tape works adequately). the larger glass. (If using a syringe, simply put the opening into the glass and pull the plunger, filling the syringe with water, and skip to Step 9).to Make Oxygen and Hydrogen from Water Using Electrolysis
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1 Fill a glass (about 3 in./7.5cm diameter) about 3/4 full of tap water.
2 Dissolve a tablespoon of table salt in the water. Salt helps conduct electricity better through water. (However this may produce amounts of chlorine gas due to the chloride anomaly. This will not produce significant volumes of the gas unless massive current is applied.)
3 Place a thin piece of cardboard (a paper plate will work) over the opening of the glass. Poke two thin electrical wires, approximately 1-2 feet/30-60cm long, through the cardboard about 2 inches/5cm apart so that one end of the wire is approximately 2-3 inches/5-7cm submerged in the water.
4 Wrap the other ends of the wires around the positive and negative terminals of a nine-volt battery. Bubbles will soon begin to form on the submerged ends of the wires, hydrogen gas on negative wire and oxygen on the positive wire.
5To produce sizable amounts of hydrogen (or oxygen) [NOTE: Discretion is advised], continue following these steps; otherwise, you are finished at Step 5. You will require, in addition to the previously stated items, a smaller container (a syringe is best) and something with which to suspend the smaller container upside down (tape works adequately).
the larger glass. (If using a syringe, simply put the opening into the glass and pull the plunger, filling the syringe with water, and skip to Step 9).to Make Oxygen and Hydrogen from Water Using Electrolysis