The Concept of Electrolysis
Electrolysis
Feb. 22, 2012
Introduction:
Jan Rudolph Deiman and Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk used in 1789 an electrostatic machine to produce electricity which was discharged on electrodes in a jar with water. In 1800 Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, a few weeks later William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle used it for the electrolysis of water. When Zénobe Gramme invented the Gramme machine in 1869 electrolysis of water became a cheap method to produce hydrogen. A method of industrial synthesis of hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis was developed by Dmitry Lachinov in 1888. Electrolysis of water requires excess energy in the form of over potential to overcome barriers. Without the excess energy the electrolysis of water happens very slowly or not at all. Water has an electrical conductivity about one 1,000,000 of seawater. The Purpose of electrolysis is to separate water into
Hydrogen and Oxygen gas. My hypothesis is the experiment will separate Hydrogen into the positive test tube and Oxygen into the negative test tube. The experiment sadly didn’t work. The experiment might not have worked because of people bumping into the table or the wires broke.
Materials:
1) Water 2) Beaker 3) Test Tube (2) 4) Spoon 5) Salt 6) Baking Soda 7) Test Tube holders (2) 8) Battery 9) Wire
Results:
Before adding the salt and baking soda there was no bubbles in the beaker and the water was still clear. When adding the salt and baking soda the water became foggy and bubbles began to appear. It seemed that the positive (+) wire had more bubbles then the negative (-) wire. After letting the experiment sit for a day the negative test tube should have had a reaction when a flame was held under it and the positive test tube should have had a reaction with a bigger flame. Mine didn’t have any reaction at all. Sadly my experiment didn’t work.
Discussion:
My hypothesis is the experiment will separate Hydrogen into the
Feb. 22, 2012
Introduction:
Jan Rudolph Deiman and Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk used in 1789 an electrostatic machine to produce electricity which was discharged on electrodes in a jar with water. In 1800 Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, a few weeks later William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle used it for the electrolysis of water. When Zénobe Gramme invented the Gramme machine in 1869 electrolysis of water became a cheap method to produce hydrogen. A method of industrial synthesis of hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis was developed by Dmitry Lachinov in 1888. Electrolysis of water requires excess energy in the form of over potential to overcome barriers. Without the excess energy the electrolysis of water happens very slowly or not at all. Water has an electrical conductivity about one 1,000,000 of seawater. The Purpose of electrolysis is to separate water into
Hydrogen and Oxygen gas. My hypothesis is the experiment will separate Hydrogen into the positive test tube and Oxygen into the negative test tube. The experiment sadly didn’t work. The experiment might not have worked because of people bumping into the table or the wires broke.
Materials:
1) Water 2) Beaker 3) Test Tube (2) 4) Spoon 5) Salt 6) Baking Soda 7) Test Tube holders (2) 8) Battery 9) Wire
Results:
Before adding the salt and baking soda there was no bubbles in the beaker and the water was still clear. When adding the salt and baking soda the water became foggy and bubbles began to appear. It seemed that the positive (+) wire had more bubbles then the negative (-) wire. After letting the experiment sit for a day the negative test tube should have had a reaction when a flame was held under it and the positive test tube should have had a reaction with a bigger flame. Mine didn’t have any reaction at all. Sadly my experiment didn’t work.
Discussion:
My hypothesis is the experiment will separate Hydrogen into the
References: 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water#Techniques 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_splitting 3) http://www.hometrainingtools.com/electrolysis-science-project/a/1531/