Fuel Cells By Vincent Iacono Copyright 2009
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The fuel cell that used tap water as its source of fuel was the best out of all the different solutions. After looking at the graph, the trend is that the voltage drops rather fast at the beginning of the experiment, but later begins to output energy at a more steady rate. I hypothesized that the impurities within the water might reduce the voltage by slowing down the hydrogen and oxygen molecules from reaching the electrodes. It turns out that I was wrong, because the distilled water outputted less voltage then the tap water. I would go as far as to say that the impurities in the water might have helped the fuel cell to transmit energy, but obviously that would not work when the impurities are in large amounts, because the salt water solution did not provide much energy. To end this analysis, I will say that the tap water did the best because of the right amount of impurities that might have been helping the process, but also because it was not so overloaded with these same impurities that could have slowed it down.
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Salt Water
The fuel cell that used salt water as its fuel really surprised me...
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Salt Water
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Vinegar Water
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The vinegar water fuel cell was the one that hit zero...
Vinegar Water
Soap Water
The soap water that was used as the fuel for the fuel cell...
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Soap Water
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Distilled Water
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After the salt water solution, the distilled water was the biggest surprise in my experiment...
Distilled Water
