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Hydroxy, Oxyhydrogen, Rhode’s Gas, Brown’s Gas, HHO…?
I thought it might be a good idea to start a separate thread that focuses specifically on the properties of gases resulting from common duct electrolysis of water.
It has occurred to me that there would seem to be no clear distinction between the gases resulting from common duct electrolysis of water, and that of the mixing of stoichiometric amounts of H2 and O2, from say, separate tank sources.
This sure can create some confusion, as it would seem that the properties of the resulting mixtures are reactively very different. So ideally it would be nice to use terms that differentiated between the two.
The terms, Rhode’s Gas, Brown’s Gas and dare I say it… HHO, all tend to specifically relate to the gases resulting from a common duct electrolyser - whereby there would seem to exist a substantial proportion of atomic species. Whereas by contrast, the terms Hydroxy and Oxyhydrogen are a little more ambiguous and perhaps, after further consideration, should be resigned just to describing the mixture of molecular H2 and O2 gases in stoichiometric proportions.
Now, if we take a look at the temperatures produced by the recombination of atomic gases, we get a good idea of the difference’s in energy released.
To the best of my knowledge these are the figures are fairly representative of fact:
Dr. Irving Langmuir’s, Atomic Hydrogen Torch: H2 is dissociated through a plasma arc, and as the atomic hydrogen recombines back into H2, it generates temperatures capable of melting Tungsten: <3400 deg. C
Oxyhydrogen (non-electrolysed H2 and O2 in stoichiometric proportions: 2800 deg. C
Rhode’s Gas, Brown’s Gas, HHO (from the experimental data of- William Rhodes): <3550 deg. C, >4827 deg. C
For comparison. Oxy-acetylene: 3315 deg. C
From the above data is would seem clear that Rhode’s gas releases considerably more energy than molecular Oxyhydrogen, and indeed would appear to better that of hydrogen.
The big question remains: Why does the atomic species within a quantity of Rhode’s gas not recombine into molecules - what can possibly be the mechanism that prevents this from happening.
Assuming of course, that this is the right question to be asking in the first place!
Farrah
I thought it might be a good idea to start a separate thread that focuses specifically on the properties of gases resulting from common duct electrolysis of water.
It has occurred to me that there would seem to be no clear distinction between the gases resulting from common duct electrolysis of water, and that of the mixing of stoichiometric amounts of H2 and O2, from say, separate tank sources.
This sure can create some confusion, as it would seem that the properties of the resulting mixtures are reactively very different. So ideally it would be nice to use terms that differentiated between the two.
The terms, Rhode’s Gas, Brown’s Gas and dare I say it… HHO, all tend to specifically relate to the gases resulting from a common duct electrolyser - whereby there would seem to exist a substantial proportion of atomic species. Whereas by contrast, the terms Hydroxy and Oxyhydrogen are a little more ambiguous and perhaps, after further consideration, should be resigned just to describing the mixture of molecular H2 and O2 gases in stoichiometric proportions.
Now, if we take a look at the temperatures produced by the recombination of atomic gases, we get a good idea of the difference’s in energy released.
To the best of my knowledge these are the figures are fairly representative of fact:
Dr. Irving Langmuir’s, Atomic Hydrogen Torch: H2 is dissociated through a plasma arc, and as the atomic hydrogen recombines back into H2, it generates temperatures capable of melting Tungsten: <3400 deg. C
Oxyhydrogen (non-electrolysed H2 and O2 in stoichiometric proportions: 2800 deg. C
Rhode’s Gas, Brown’s Gas, HHO (from the experimental data of- William Rhodes): <3550 deg. C, >4827 deg. C
For comparison. Oxy-acetylene: 3315 deg. C
From the above data is would seem clear that Rhode’s gas releases considerably more energy than molecular Oxyhydrogen, and indeed would appear to better that of hydrogen.
The big question remains: Why does the atomic species within a quantity of Rhode’s gas not recombine into molecules - what can possibly be the mechanism that prevents this from happening.
Assuming of course, that this is the right question to be asking in the first place!
Farrah
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