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Christ · 02-22-2010, 04:19 PM

Funny, though, that HHO still doesn't fully describe what's going on there.

In reality, because the stable environmental forms of H and O are actually H2 and O2 (as OTM pointed out), HHO cannot exist in a stable form. What's really happening is the separation of H, H, and O from a single H2O molecule to form H2 and O, which then is unstable and bonds to another O molecule to form O2.

What you end up with is H2, H2 and O2, which comes from 2 molecules of H2O. If allowed to recombine in this form, you'd have Hydrogen Peroxide and an extra H2 molecule.

Maybe instead of perpetual motion it's "Peroxide motion"?

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Funny, though, that HHO still doesn't fully describe what's going on there. In reality, because the stable environmental forms of H and O are actually H2 and O2 (as OTM pointed out), HHO cannot exist in a stable form. What's really happening is the separation of H, H, and O from a single H2O molecule to form H2 and O, which then is unstable and bonds to another O molecule to form O2. What you end up with is H2, H2 and O2, which comes from 2 molecules of H2O. If allowed to recombine in this form, you'd have Hydrogen Peroxide and an extra H2 molecule. Maybe instead of perpetual motion it's "Peroxide motion"? __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"