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> and it seems like for some reason the first step of splitting water is creating oxygen good laugh on that :)
by novaleaf 9y ago
> and it seems like for some reason the first step of splitting water is creating oxygen
good laugh on that :)
- nine_k 9y agoConsider a split to H + OH as a first step, as opposed to H + H + O.
- dnautics 9y agoWhat exactly are you proposing? What do you do with the OH?
- nine_k 9y agoThis is a possible first step of a water-splitting reaction that does not produce oxygen.
- dnautics 9y agoI suggest going back to your chemistry text and reviewing mass balance, conservation of matter, and balancing equations. What is that OH? Is it hydroxide radical? Hydroxide? Hydroxyl radical? Where does it go? Does it recombine to make hydrogen peroxide? Btw... To make oxygen from water the first part of the first step is to split it into H and HO. You can't really break two bonds simultaneously, or anyways it's equivalent to doing them stepwise by the principle of microscopic reversibility.