Hi Vickers
O2 will surely dissolve in water, but as it is a neutral molecule as opposed to a charged ion, it will have very little effect on the conduction properties of the water. If anything any great amount of dissolved gases - being neutral - would likely increase the resistance of the water simply by being additional obstacles to ion current flow.
It would be interesting to know what the saturation limit would be, but once this is achieved then you will certainly have a dangerous pressure build up, as to reform as water, the hydrogen and oxygen needs to release energy.
This is the exothermic reaction normally initiated by a spark, with the energy being released as heat, but there is the possibility that the gas mixture might actually self-ignite under pressure. It certainly won't turn back into water without somehow releasing energy.
I feel that as your experiment gets more adventurous... so the risks increase. Be careful, do not become over-confident or too complacent.
Farrah
Originally posted by Vickers
Anyway It makes sense to me that the water will eventually reach its hydrogen gas saturation limit and at which point any further evolved HHO will simply reform back to H2O
This is the exothermic reaction normally initiated by a spark, with the energy being released as heat, but there is the possibility that the gas mixture might actually self-ignite under pressure. It certainly won't turn back into water without somehow releasing energy.
I feel that as your experiment gets more adventurous... so the risks increase. Be careful, do not become over-confident or too complacent.
Farrah
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