How to Make Bleach with Electrolysis

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • Quick little video demonstrating a reaction where you can make bleach with items around the house and some electricity!
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    Journal of American Public Health article:
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    Tregoo video (cathode and anode material):
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    Big Clive video:
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Комментарии • 55

  • @carlosaraujoalmeida
    @carlosaraujoalmeida 4 года назад +9

    By my small research and knowledge I think I can explain some points:
    - Copper: it does look like Copper I Oxide by the colour, cathodes are highly attacked by the hypochlorites, so generally it is used MMO or Pt plated in Ti.
    - Fabric: it does look like denim? The high pH may transform the indigo in leuco-indigo which may be oxidize back to indigo in the presence of O2.
    -NaOCl: at some extend you successfully made it. I'm not sure at this point but for the Amperage was a little to high to the scale of the unpartitioned cell letting a little to much Cl2 to escape, which need to react with the NaOH to form NaOCl.
    -pH: you only switch between high and low. :)

  • @suheyla9638
    @suheyla9638 4 месяца назад +3

    What is the concentration of bleach you made using 10% salt water?

  • @scottk3292
    @scottk3292 Год назад +5

    The bleaching of your pH test strips reminds me of a similar situation in managing chlorine levels for pools. When the chlorine gets high enough, you'll see flashes of pink coming from the reagent tablets, but the sample generally stays colorless. This happens when the chlorine is way too high, and bleaches away the pink chlorine indicator.

    • @tameematiqul3290
      @tameematiqul3290 4 месяца назад

      By low pH he means that the naoh concentration is low

  • @mattgray666
    @mattgray666 3 года назад +5

    Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Graphite are my go-to electrodes. eBay is a good place to get scrap EDM electrodes which you can cut with woodworking tools into whatever shape you want.

  • @accountN6942
    @accountN6942 2 года назад +1

    Thanks I legit had to find a video of this just to see how fast the process is so this helped a lot

  • @backwoodsengineer
    @backwoodsengineer 3 года назад +4

    Was searching for how to make bleach, subbed for the Big Clive mention and the AvE slang.

    • @DIYBiotech
      @DIYBiotech  3 года назад +2

      They are my heroes

    • @backwoodsengineer
      @backwoodsengineer 3 года назад +1

      @@DIYBiotech I would love to go have a beer with those guys. I bought a cheap salt water system for a swimming pool on clearance awhile back and am just now testing it to see what strength of chlorine I can get from it. I’m attempting to make Washi paper from trees on my land and need the chlorine to bleach the bark fibers.

    • @DIYBiotech
      @DIYBiotech  3 года назад +1

      @@backwoodsengineer That's really cool stuff! Fun project for sure

  • @bensonmwenda8338
    @bensonmwenda8338 3 года назад +9

    For anode use titanium.
    For cathode use stainless steel.

  • @jpbonhomme5051
    @jpbonhomme5051 Месяц назад +1

    Cap it off while it's running and run the hydrogen mix to a lamp or a burner.
    I'm gonna do this to make a steam turbine. If I remember, I'll also try using the flame to heat some thermocouples and see what I can generate

  • @stephenhogg6154
    @stephenhogg6154 2 года назад +4

    The chemistry of this is super confusing. Talking about a ‘low ph hydroxide’ is not helping. If you do this with some vinegar (the catalyst?), you’re meant to get hypochlorous acid (ph 3/4).

  • @Jamessmith-yb9kd
    @Jamessmith-yb9kd 11 месяцев назад +1

    Super interesting ol chap ! I was in search of vides that somewhat explained the creation of bleach. Its my secret weapon for Pearly white transitions 😁.
    I need the table of elements in my life 😂

  • @bamspay
    @bamspay 11 месяцев назад +4

    You keep saying low PH when you are talking about high PH. Very confusing. Sodium hydroxide should be a very high PH. Like 14 high.

    • @bamspay
      @bamspay 11 месяцев назад +1

      I could be wrong, but I think because you are not trapping the chlorine gas off most of it is leaving before it can dissolve in the solution.

  • @ghettocowboy993
    @ghettocowboy993 Год назад +2

    When working with salt solutions the environment is very harsh , it will destroy almost every electrode . I use Titanium and a MMO anode and cathode , they are excellent for salt solutions

  • @semihtolgahaydaroglu7618
    @semihtolgahaydaroglu7618 2 года назад +1

    Thank you bro! I produced strong smelling bleach

  • @ch1llb1lly
    @ch1llb1lly Год назад +1

    Great video dude

  • @RedDogForge
    @RedDogForge 6 месяцев назад +2

    bleach has a terrible shelf life so this is actually kind of handy to know

  • @omsingharjit
    @omsingharjit 3 года назад +2

    Yeah similarly
    In Battery chemistry positive electrodes are called cathode
    But in physic and electro chemistry that same positive plats are called Anode .
    So much confusing

    • @dansw0rkshop
      @dansw0rkshop Год назад

      One is charging, one is discharging. Those are opposite. 😁

  • @t-davis
    @t-davis 2 года назад +1

    thanks for this video - can you explain the process for creating sodium hypochlorous (H0Cl) vs bleach (NaCl)?

    • @stephenhogg6154
      @stephenhogg6154 2 года назад

      Add some vinegar before the electrolysis.

    • @oinkoink644
      @oinkoink644 Год назад

      @@stephenhogg6154 is it really like this?

  • @yashnavik683
    @yashnavik683 9 месяцев назад +1

    Was here to check if what dr. Stone did was possible or not
    I believe they simply didn't have enough power there

  • @Zane-It
    @Zane-It 5 месяцев назад +1

    Can you do this with a cigarette lighter plug in your car? When I say this I mean can we make a device that plugs into your car that can do it?

  • @stask4499
    @stask4499 2 года назад +1

    You can use a paper clip instead of pencil lead

  • @Decco6306
    @Decco6306 4 года назад +1

    I am now subscribbled

  • @mdnesarkhan4253
    @mdnesarkhan4253 2 года назад +1

    Ratio pls water and salt ,and what's volt of dc

  • @manie3232
    @manie3232 2 года назад +1

    Does it matter if the current is DC or AC?

  • @jasonwaldrop9626
    @jasonwaldrop9626 3 года назад +1

    Try using stainless steel for the anode and cathode

    • @M4CHINE69
      @M4CHINE69 3 года назад +2

      Doesn't that leech chromium into the solution which is poisonous?

    • @eriton6806
      @eriton6806 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@M4CHINE69exactly. The metal electrode can only be the +, since chlorine (at the -) eats EVERYTHING that conducts electricity, except very expensive metals (e.g. Platinum) and very cheap carbon (that's why it's almost mandatory to use graphite at the negative electrode).

  • @agustin2142
    @agustin2142 8 месяцев назад +1

    wow, me parecio super interesante, estoy pensando en "copiarte" el video y hacerlo en mi otro canal de youtube en español, prometo agendarte jajaja.

  • @deathkeys1
    @deathkeys1 Год назад

    dude, I get it, you're trying, and it is a nice effort, specially when I can see your channel isn't dead and you are making interesting stuff but please, don't butcher electrochemistry like this anymore, and as many would have said already pH of 13 is damn high, like I once was years ago in my life(don't do that!) technicalities aside, it was interesting to see someone else doing it even if it is for an experimental scale;

  • @superbmediacontentcreator
    @superbmediacontentcreator Год назад +2

    Be sure not to use iodized salt...

  • @NobodyReport
    @NobodyReport Год назад

    How could I get 10-14%?

  • @sadface7457
    @sadface7457 4 года назад

    Though what could better is that you could sterilize a chamber without opening it.

    • @DIYBiotech
      @DIYBiotech  4 года назад

      Oh that is a cool idea! I like it

    • @sadface7457
      @sadface7457 4 года назад +1

      @@DIYBiotech You should check but the conductivity of the solution should be changing as solvated ions are removed from solution.
      You might be able to produce precise acid-base concentrations for experiment.

  • @krsco9894
    @krsco9894 2 месяца назад +1

    I did this with a 9V battery

  • @chaoselites3636
    @chaoselites3636 3 года назад +4

    Just want to let you know, be very careful with this stuff. The gasses the reaction produces can be highly carcinogenic/deadly

    • @andrew_owens7680
      @andrew_owens7680 2 года назад +2

      Especially the chlorine gas! That was a weapon in WWI that was outlawed for humanitarian reasons!

    • @chaoselites3636
      @chaoselites3636 2 года назад +1

      @@andrew_owens7680 the gasses produced from a stainless steel reaction are much worse than chlorine. The chlorine is detectable before it hits dangerous levels as well

  • @mattgray666
    @mattgray666 3 года назад +1

    Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Graphite are my go-to electrodes. eBay is a good place to get scrap EDM electrodes which you can cut with woodworking tools into whatever shape you want.