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It worked like this:
aluminum drum or wheel, aluminum wire (probably any type of conductive rod or wire), and a bath of tap water.
the drum is connected to one terminal of a high voltage power source, while the wire or rod is connected to the other.
the drum is turned at low RPM while the rod is touching the surface of the wheel.
the high voltage arc generates a spot of heat which induces the oxidation, and the friction of the wire on the surface dislocates the Aluminum Oxide layer forcing it to sink to the bottom of the container.
If not for that scrubbing action on the drum, I'm not sure if I can imagine the Oxide dropping off for no good reason. It would at least anodize and cause significant interference with the mechanism?
Statistics: Posted by Cryptonic26 — Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:35 am
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"One way to split H2 from the O is to take aluminum and submerge it in water, connect one end of the aluminum to - and the other to + the best way to do this without draining your power source or creating a short is to use a transformer of some kind, probably a stepdown for voltage, which will reduce the voltage but increase the current, if you can generate the electrical current through some means besides a battery, such as a manual crank or a motor powered crank hooked up to a generator that would be ideal, which you can run through a full wave rectifier circuit and then a capacitor network to produce DC. any way, to put it simply, put as many amps through that piece of aluminum as possible, this will oxidize the aluminum and form a slag that will drop to the bottom of the water OXIDIZE means that the Aluminum now has that O from the H2O attached to it, leaving the H2 free. to capture the H2 be sure to conduct all of this in an enclosed container to snare that hydrogen. (side note, try at your own risk, not responsible for anything that you might do, such as electrocution or explosion related accidents) Take a store bought adapter, one of those changeable voltage adapters clip the wire so that you have a + and a - then find some 'gator clips, with the plier closable ends, attach to the frayed ends, now find some aluminum, pop-cans have a significant amount of aluminum, but you need a wire or rod type shape for best results, then attach 'gator clips and submerge in the pressure tight container to get that H2!!"
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Seems simple enough.. I think I'll try it. Lot easier to control than the old draino thing..
Modify a dedicated alternator
Build a control mechanism
Beer can powered truck here I come..
Statistics: Posted by Seth — Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:26 am
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