----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Rothwell"
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.)
Yes, but there is also evidence that plasma electrolysis specifically (and "high current efficiency" in general - as in radiolysis) --- that in these supra-Faradaic processes, the modalities are so different in detail that the radiation itself is removing a single proton preferentially.
... in effect allowing the remaining hydroxyl radicals (say from two adjacent 'proton-depleted' water molecules) to bond to form peroxide or hydroxyl-hydrates immediately, with free electrons picked up by the protons in picoseconds - and not necessarily happening on the anode itself.
... all of which could be a very advantageous situation (for finding OU) - but that particular situation can be dangerous - IF too much HO-OH should be allow to accumulate in the cell...
....which is another explanation for the well-known explosion in Mizuno's lab ! At around 45% concentration (or less), peroxide becomes very unstable.
... but when nature presents you with lemons ... you make lemonade, no?
Jones
