jordehwa Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 i would like some cool electrolysis experiments i already did salt water what else can i do with electrolysis? And can someone tell me what i made i had salt water and the anode and cathode was copper and the salt water turnd light blue so i dried it on a dish and had white and blue crystals what is the blue stuff? i did the same thing with steel nails and the water turned green after a wile it turned orange i dried that out and it had small orange crystals so what is the orange stuff ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Copper can give you pretty blues and greens. Iron, of course, can turn rust colored. You're also going to get some chlorine from the salt, which is a green/yellow gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordehwa Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 k thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 try this, if you can... http://81.207.88.128/science/chem/exps/lead_electrolysis/index.html Pay very careful attention to the safety guidelines... lead is very unhealthy stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordehwa Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 cool thanks i will try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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