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Some total n00b questions: Could this also be used in desalination? Turn into hydrogen, burn to convert back to water, feed it catalyst material like a fuel? (
by kylehotchkiss 9y ago
Some total n00b questions:
Could this also be used in desalination? Turn into hydrogen, burn to convert back to water, feed it catalyst material like a fuel? (I'm not really sure how these catalysts work, do you like push water through them? and out comes gases?)
- astrodust 9y agoYou can do that already with electrolysis, but why would you? It's way more expensive than approaches like reverse osmosis.
- ars 9y agoIf you electrolyze salt water you will generate chlorine and hydrogen gas (instead of oxygen and hydrogen). The water will also contain lye from the leftover sodium.
- yomly 9y agoGCSE Chemistry :)
- kylehotchkiss 9y agoDOH (to me). This was the answer I needed to see. Thanks for saving me from this tangent!