How Do You Make Hydrogen At Home?
Hydrogen is an element, and cannot be created. Fortunately, you can extract it from water pretty easily. Each molecule of water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one atom of oxygen. By running a current through water, you can separate the hydrogen and oxygen atoms and collect the hydrogen gas. You can then ignite the hydrogen to produce heat. Get a graphite pencil and cut the eraser off the end. Then cut the pencil into two roughly equal halves. You can either use scissors or a knife. Sharpen both pencil pieces at both ends to expose the graphite. Alternately, you can slice the pencils lengthwise and pull out the graphite. If you opt for the latter option, make sure you have a spare pencil in case you break the graphite. Cut two 8-inch pieces of insulated copper wire. Cut the insulation away from the last inch of each with a knife. Attach each wire to a pencil. Tape the wire to the exposed graphite at one end of the pencil so that the metal directly touches the graphite. Stick the o
