Leonard Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 To Whom this may concern: When an electrical current I is passed through water containing some acid like acetic acid, hydrogen gas can be produced and the cathode electrode and oxygen gas can be produced at the anode electrode. The water and the acid form an electrolyte that can conduct electricity. The electrical resistance R of the electrolyte seems to reduce as the temperature T of the electrolyte was increased. The electrical resistance of the electrolyte is: R=k/T, where facter k is about 1.6*10^5 degrees celsius ohm for 0.01 acetic acid to water by volume. The stronger the acid strength, the smaller the facter k seemed to be. If one hydrogen atom is produced for each electron send into the electrolyte, then the number of electrons or hydrogen atoms produced may be: n=Q/1.6*10^-19 coulomb per electron. The electronic charge Q send into the electrolyte during a given time period t may then be: Q=I t. The electrical voltage V applied to the electrodes to produce current I through the electrolyte may then be: V=I*R=I*k/T. The amount n of hydrogen gas produced per electrical input power V*I needed into electrolyte then depends on electrolyte temperature T and its acid strength of the electrolyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 To: Time Travel Institute Readers Some details on water electrolysis to get hydrogen may be later at: http://www.spots.ab.ca/~belfroy/TSScience.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keven Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 good idea, but there already testing with it on newer cars. SO we might be seeing hydrogen driven cars in the near furture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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