Jones Beene wrote:
JR As far as I know he does. He has not described the O2 in detail.
It is not stochiometric; there is extra H2 because the O2 from
electrolysis at the anode is separated out by the inverted funnel.
If it is not stochiometric then we can conclude that peroxides are
being created in addition to the hydrogen evolved.
No, I mean it is not stochiometric because the oxygen from the anode
is diverted out of the cell via another tube. During ordinary
electrolysis, only hydrogen is captured. During pyrolysis a mixture
of hydrogen and oxygen evolves from the cathode, under the funnel,
and this is all captured. But if you ignite this effluent gas there
will be some left-over hydrogen. (Mizuno does not ignite it or recombine it.)
- Jed
