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countryboy18
09-01-2008, 10:59 PM
What does adding a electrolyte do to the water? Chemicaly what is the electrolyte doing to help make HHO? Is it adding more H to the water?
Q-Hack!
09-01-2008, 11:06 PM
It conducts electricity. That's it. Distilled water doesn't conduct electricity very well so you have to add some sort of electrolyte to pass a current between the plates.
countryboy18
09-01-2008, 11:18 PM
i want to find a better electrolyte then KOH or NAOH. i can get stuff from my chemistry lab.
Q-Hack!
09-01-2008, 11:28 PM
i want to find a better electrolyte then KOH or NAOH. i can get stuff from my chemistry lab.
In another thread:
http://www.hhoforums.com/showthread.php?t=1080
is a book written in 1919 on hydrogen production. On page 131 it lists various electrolytes and the minimum voltage required for continuous electrolysis. Silver nitrate looks promising.