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Removing Rust With Electrolysis Explained

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Must Know Points While Conducting Electrolysis:

  1. Electrolysis Is A Electro-Chemical Reaction. It Is Told That Electrolysis Is Endothermic. I Believe This Process Is Exothermic, Since Water Gets Warm, And Is Split Into Hydrogen And Oxygen, Which Dissolve In The Environment. Hydrogen Is Highly Explosive. It Catches Fire In Just A Flash With A Loud Sound.

  2. Hydrogen Gas Is Generated In The Process. Conduct This Experiment In An Open Area OR Near Window Spaces As This Makes A Path For Hydrogen To Escape. Unlike LPG, Hydrogen Is Colorless & Odorless. Just By Smelling, We Cannot Detect Its Presence. So, Please….Be Careful. I Have Experienced Its Explosive Nature, When I First Experimented Electrolysis ,12 Years Ago.

  3. Rust Moves From Negative To Positive. Electrons Move From Negative To Positive. Since We Need To Remove Rust, Make The Work Piece Negative. Thus, Sacrificial Metal will Be Positive. While Connecting Positive Terminal Clip To Metal, Never Dip It In Solution. If You Do So, Rust Will First Adhere To The Clip Than To Sacrificial Metal.

  4. Distance Between Workpiece And Metal. Closer The Metal And Workpiece, Faster The Reaction. This Also Means That, You Can Use Any Number Of Sacrificial Metals Unless They Are Connected To The Same Power Supply. You Can Observe This In The Above Video, Where After 20 Minutes Of The Reaction, A Picture Is Shown. The Green Dots, Show That Rust Has Been Removed. Because, It Was Near To The File. The Rest Part Of The Latch Was Far From It. Later Part Of The Video Proves This As The Reaction Gets Much Faster When Both The Metals Are Closely Placed. Initial Current Consumption Was 3A Which Then Increased To 6A With Decrease Of Distance.

What We Need:

  1. Any DC Source. Any 12V Battery OR AC To DC Adapters OR Car Battery Chargers OR Bench Power Supplies. What To Consider Here Is Amps. Higher The Amps, Faster The Reaction.

  2. Washing Soda. Choose Dry Wash (Laundry Soda) Only. This Is A Tested Electrolyte. NaCl (Salt) Will Leave Chlorine Residue. Sodium Carbonate Is Available In Most Of Provisional Stores.

  3. Sacrificial Metal Piece. Choose, MS OR Hardened Steel Only. Stainless Steel Is A Bad Choice. It Wont Attract And Adhere Much Rust Towards It. Use Flat Surfaces For Better Result. Bigger The Surface Area, Faster The Reaction Always Remember To Wash The Metal Piece After Usage With Soap.

  4. Plastic Tub. Always Use Non-Conducting Containers Only. Obliviously Plastic Only. Bigger The Tub/ Bucket, Bigger The Workpiece Can be De-Rusted.

What Will Not Work:

  1. Non Ferrous Metals Wont Work
  2. AC Cannot Be Used. I Have Used 12V,5A Transformer, You Get Just Very Small Bubbles, Which Is Of No Use On Both Terminals.
  3. Painted Surface, If Undergone Electrolysis, Will Not Be Effected.

For More Details: htt ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bIfpgmlo2E

2020-12-16
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