How Do You Make A Machine To Separate Hydrogen & Oxygen In Water?
Water is composed of one atom of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen. You can separate water into hydrogen and oxygen gas by running an electrical current through the water. The energy from the electricity splits the covalent bonds between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in a process called electrolysis. This experiment is commonly performed in college chemistry classes. Set up the Hoffman voltameter. This glass apparatus consists of a U-shaped piece of glass tubing that’s open at the ends. A second glass tube is open at the top and connected to the middle of the “U”. This results in three vertical tubes that are open at the top and joined at the bottom by a horizontal tube. The left and right tubes have wires called electrodes at the bottom that exit the tubes through watertight seals. Make a sodium hydroxide solution by thoroughly mixing four parts water and one part sodium hydroxide. This solution will allow the water to conduct electricity and is therefore called an electrolyte. Fill th
