collect O2 fast?

[brianmay27]

Is there a way that you can make something out of house hold stuff (or cheep stuff) to make and collect o2?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Yes. Split some water. It should only take a battery and a few other bits and you can do it.

 

http://www.miniscience.com/projects/WaterElectrolise.htm

[brianmay27]

sorry. i was thinking a LOT of O2.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

How much?

 

You could also do things like decompose hydrogen peroxide, or any number of other things...

[ecoli]

how about a plant?

[insane_alien]

how much do you want? a litre? two? ten? more? we need to know quantities before we can tell you the best method for getting it

[brianmay27]

I am not sure... I was hoping to hook up a pump and hock it up to my welding tourch. So maybe enough to fill a 2 gal contaner. or something close to there

[insane_alien]

bucket(some kind of heat resistant plastic) of hydrogen peroxide, some copper mesh and a condenser to get rid of the steam.

 

slowly add the copper mesh to the bucket till you get a reasonable rate of reaction(1 cm^2 at a time to start) then let the gasses given off go through the condenser to get rid of the steam and you should be left with O2

[brianmay27]

Sweet! thanks this seems easy enough!

[insane_alien]

just be careful not to burn yourself.

[brianmay27]

Something is wrong. It is going to be the store bought hydrogen peroxide, but i got nothing. If i am right about the store bought one, can you tell me where is a good place to get some? (if i can get some in a collage or a local store that would be better but if not a site would work.)

 

 

BTW. it is 3% hydrogen peroxide

[Darkblade48]

Something is wrong. It is going to be the store bought hydrogen peroxide, but i got nothing. If i am right about the store bought one, can you tell me where is a good place to get some? (if i can get some in a collage or a local store that would be better but if not a site would work.)

 

 

BTW. it is 3% hydrogen peroxide

Are you saying that the 3% hydrogen peroxide you purchased did not produce any oxygen?

[brianmay27]

Yes. I put a 1/2 cup in a bowl. and put a penny in and copper wire in and notheing, not heat no bubbles... BTW just went out and got it. so it is still H2O2

[insane_alien]

try polishing the coin so its nice and shiny and clean. 3% isn't ideal but you should still get some bubble formation

[YT2095]

throw in a chunk of Liver, or the black contents from the inside of a Zinc Carbon battery, you`ll get Plenty O2 then