[NewCandle] Rolled Al hydrolysis

[Nick Reiter]

Heyyo,

--- Jones Beene <jonesb9 at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Hey Nick,
> 
> ... is it unshredded rolls in alkaline?

************Ah, the notion was to try tight roll and
loose leaf, in both distilled water and alkaline
water, thus making four variants for comparison. 
Presumably, the alkaline versions would generate much
mo H2 faster than the slow catalyzing pure water
hydrolysis... which also seems to have the habit of
coming to an end once the hydroxide layer on the foil
surfaces is thick enough.
> 
> BTW ... in a related vein. Just thought-up a wild 
> Maxwell's-Demon-electrolyzer concept.
> 
> Two rolls of Al-foil, jelly-rolled into a cylinder
> but layers never 
> touching, placed in an electrolye. Though the two
> layers are uncharged, 
> there is a Marx-type diode and cap amplifyer in
> series between the two.
> 
> Will random current/voltage variations in the
> electrolyte be amplified 
> enough to overcome the diode back voltage and
> drastically increase the 
> H2 flow over a single roll ?

************Neato idea.  What would be a good water
permeable dielectric separator membrane / layer
between the foil sheets?  Soaky paper towel might
work. (Soaky Papertowel not related to Drinky Crow).

N


 
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