redfish
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Electrolytic dehydration
I was wondering, could it be possible to dehydrate chemicals through electrolysis? Sulfuric acid, for example. The electrolysis of dilute sulfuric
acid produces hydrogen and oxygen gas, because only the H3O+ and OH- ions react at the electrodes. This means that the water molecules lysed by the
acid are being lost from solution; is this not dehydration?
Ethanol/methanol might be a safer test subject for this process, as it is less reactive and therefore less dangerous. What do you think?
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hissingnoise
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Water can be boiled off from a solution of sulphuric acid but a high (>300°C) temperature is needed to reach 98%!
Patent on electrolytically concentrating dilute H2SO4 here!
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redfish
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sweet! So not only would it theoretically work, but it's been done before?
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