How do you separate hydrogen from oxygen in a beaker of water?

Answer 1

Water can be separated into hydrogen and oxygen gas through a process called electrolysis. In electrolysis, an electric current is passed through water between two electrodes called the cathode and the anode. Electrons move from the cathode to the hydrogen atoms, separating them from the oxygen atoms and converting them into a gaseous state. This generates hydrogen gas at the surface of the cathode. Similarly at the anode, electrons are removed, resulting in the formation of gaseous oxygen on the anode's surface. As expected, the number of hydrogen molecules produced will be twice the number of oxygen molecules.

Answer 2

yes but it causes a simple experiment first you have to get a glass of salt water then you take a peice of cardboard and lay it on top of the glass . Then you take two pencils that are sharpened on both sides and take to peices of wire and attach one end of the wire to one side of the pencil(the other side is in the water) and the other to a 9 volt batterey oxygen and hydrogen will separate and stay trapped in the glass until u remove the cardboard.

Answer 3

No. You must insert two separate stainless steel devices into a closed container filled with water and put a positive charge on one device and a negative charge on the other. The devices must have a lot of little holes or must contain a screen-like mesh. This method excites the molecules and separates the hydorgen from the oxygen. The hydrogen gas then rises above the water and can escape through a vent tube to be used as a burnable gas. that's what i said: electrolysis

Answer 4

You can separate water into hydrogen and water by electrolysis. You place to electrodes in the water (usually platinum electrodes are used) and then pass a current across and the water breaks down into hydrogen and oxygen which are liberated as gases. This is a dengerous process due to the flammability of the gases produced.

Answer 5

Electrolysis is a common method to separate hydrogen and oxygen in a beaker of water. By passing an electric current through water, it breaks down into hydrogen at the cathode and oxygen at the anode. The gases can then be collected separately.

Answer 6

No. Boiling water turns water into water vapor.

Answer 7

No.