timetowinarace
07-03-2008, 07:57 PM
Well, I needed to answer some questions for myself.
1. Will AC work for electrolysis.
2. Will audio waves work.
My reasons for these questions are simple. My goal is more effeciant electrolysis that the lay person can apply using electronics equipment that is cheap and abundant to all. No circut building. If I answer the second question the first is answered because audio going to a speaker is AC current.
Not wanting to blow my expensive home audio system I found an old 'boom' box I hadn't used for years. It has detachable speakers so I was able to simply cut the speaker cord for one side. I mixed a very concentrated amount of lye and water. I clipped on a couple alligater test leads to the speaker wire. I clipped those to two SS washers and set them in the electrolyte. I turned on the radio and turned the volume ALL the way up. I held the washer close to each other being carefull not to let them touch. I watched little bubbles come off the washers, twice as many from one than the other.
Question one answer, yes AC will work. I believe only the ignorant would assume that because the polarity switches nothing will happen. I'm quite confident that the time it takes for electrons to become free during electrolysis is quite faster than polarity can change and stop it from happening.
Question two answer, yes audio wave will work. My method of testing was quite crude and I got very few bubbles this way but my own eyes did see bubbles. This 'boom' box produces very low current and voltage through the speakers. That I got any bubbles with this low a current is encuraging.
1. Will AC work for electrolysis.
2. Will audio waves work.
My reasons for these questions are simple. My goal is more effeciant electrolysis that the lay person can apply using electronics equipment that is cheap and abundant to all. No circut building. If I answer the second question the first is answered because audio going to a speaker is AC current.
Not wanting to blow my expensive home audio system I found an old 'boom' box I hadn't used for years. It has detachable speakers so I was able to simply cut the speaker cord for one side. I mixed a very concentrated amount of lye and water. I clipped on a couple alligater test leads to the speaker wire. I clipped those to two SS washers and set them in the electrolyte. I turned on the radio and turned the volume ALL the way up. I held the washer close to each other being carefull not to let them touch. I watched little bubbles come off the washers, twice as many from one than the other.
Question one answer, yes AC will work. I believe only the ignorant would assume that because the polarity switches nothing will happen. I'm quite confident that the time it takes for electrons to become free during electrolysis is quite faster than polarity can change and stop it from happening.
Question two answer, yes audio wave will work. My method of testing was quite crude and I got very few bubbles this way but my own eyes did see bubbles. This 'boom' box produces very low current and voltage through the speakers. That I got any bubbles with this low a current is encuraging.