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Question: How Many electrons does water have?
Answer:
Water molecules are composed of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. The hydrogen atoms each bring an electron to the reaction, and the oxygen atom brings eight. The resulting molecule has two plus eight electrons, or ten electrons in it.
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We know that when the water is electrolyzed, that it pulls the Hydrogen to the - terminal and it pulls the Oxygen to the + terminal. These broken clusters of atoms are charged... and are thus IONS. Now, on contact with the electrodes... the negative Oxygen releases its excess electrons to the electrode and rises as O2 and the positive Hydrogen probably picks up the missing electrons from the current flowing through the electrolyte.... otherwise when it comes into contact with the electrode it too balances and rises as H2.
Therefore, the bubbles that rise up in our Low Voltage Cells should not have a net charge one way or another. But if we could collect the H+ ions in transit to the plates... then perhaps we could collect them or utilize them......
I just thought of something. If the positive terminal collects the O... and the O actually (O--) ... up until it touches the plate.... when it drops off its excess electrons... shouldn't that be visible in the amount of current coming out compared to what went in?
FlashBang!Statistics: Posted by FlashBang — Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:46 am
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