--- Horace, Very good suggestions.
It looks like the father of the student who built the "flamer" has connections at Cal (UC Berkeley) and is going to call in the big guns. This could be great, given the resources they have. ... or not, given the circumstances. Anyway, several more identical cells are in various stages of completion, so this little curiosity is not going away without a thorough investigation. Jones > Jones, > > A couple thoughts. > > (1) Is it possible to collect the evolved gas > without burning it? > Can you use a plastic tube to release the gas under > an inverted water > filled container? > > (2) Kansius said the reaction can be carried out to > completion, using > up all the water. Can you do this and check the > residue to see if it > is salt or lye? > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
