Hi,
I figured I could try making some H2(g) in my kitchen. Who knows when I will need a source of hydrogen gass .
I attached a couple of wires to a 9V battery (smoke detector type), and put them into a bowl of water. Nothing happened, so I disolved some salt (I guess I should have used normal NaCl for simplicity, but ended up with a mixure of 50% NaCl, 40% KCl and 10% MgSO4, some health version). Surely, bubbles started to appear. After about 10 seconds the battery was running really hot. At first sight I though it worked as planned, but I could only see bubbles from one of the wires. ???
I tried putting a lighter flame on top of the water but couldn't notice any difference in the flame. But I guess the amount of H2 produced would not be enough for any noticable difference..??
Comments?