In December, I decided to do electrolysis to make hydrogen.
I attached two alligator clips to the terminals of a 9-volt battery, clipped the other ends to some pieces of carbon, and put them in a container of salty water. This splits the water molecules (H2O) into hydrogen and oxygen.
The hydrogen comes off one carbon, and the oxygen comes off the other. I only collected the hydrogen.
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the hydrogen bubbling into the bottle
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more hydrogen bubbling |
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AAH! Super concentrated chlorine! |
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once they discovered what I was doing Mama and Pappa had to dispose of it very carefully! |