Hydrogen Enriched Water Lab

what is hydrogen enriched water

water that has been infused with extra molecular hydrogen gas (H₂), that is dissolved in H₂O as a free gas

benefits of hydrogen enriched water

improves metabolic health, brain health, reduces inflammation, and improves physical performance

different ways to make hydrogen enriched water

1) magnesium tablet

2) hydrogen gas

3) electrolysis

making HEW via Mg tablet

• tablet is added to 500mL of water

• H+ is a proton donor and produces hydrogen molecules (H₂) when put in water

making HEW via hydrogen gas

bubbling pure hydrogen gas directly into H₂O

making HEW via electrolysis

• electricity splits H₂O into hydrogen and oxygen

• water molecules gain electrons and hydrogen gas is produced

• the hydrogen gas produced is infused and then dissolved in water

which methods of making HEW involve directly infusing hydrogen molecules (H₂) in water

• bubbling in hydrogen gas

• electrolysis

different types of hydrogen

1) H+ hydrogen ion/proton

2) H hydrogen atom

3) H₂ hydrogen gas

H+ hydrogen ion/proton

• missing one electron

• has a plus one charge

• is acidic

H, hydrogen atom

neutral

H₂ hydrogen gas

• 2 hydrogens bonded together

• neutral

• what is dissolved in H₂O

different types of hydrogen’s role in H₂O

• the tablet has H+ in it which is acidic

• H₂ is the gas that is dissolved in H₂O

• H is the elemental form of hydrogen and is neutral with one proton and one electron

procedure to make HEW

1) record room temp and tap water temp

2) fill one of the water bottles with tap water

3) put the Mg tablet in one of the water bottles

4) observe the control water bottle (no tablet) and the HEW tablet water bottle, recording observations at 1, 3, 4, 5, and 10 minutes (looking for bubbles/cloudiness and/or still/clearness)

5) record the states of matter observed in each bottle after 15 minutes

what was observed

HEW tablet: rapidly dissolved in lots of bubbles with cloudiness initially, as time went on the bubbling slowed and the cloudiness reduced

no tablet: entirely still and clear

chemistry behind what happened

• HEW tablet water bottle ended in a solid state due to the residue from the Mg tablet, liquid state from the water, and gaseous state from the molecular hydrogen gas

• the water bottle with no tablet remained a liquid state from the water and a gaseous state from the air

• to form HEW the Mg metal reacts with an acid which donates H+ to form H₂ which is dissolved in the water