Water forms floating bridge in electric field

[zerotensor]

http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html

This is a curious phenomenon...  Two beakers full of water are placed side-by-side.  A large electric field is created across two beakers of water.  It's not clear to me from the article whether the electrodes are in the beakers or not.  In any case, when the DC voltage is applied, water climbs out of the beakers and forms a bridge between them which grows and becomes stable.  The HHO crew should find this of some interest.

[rensseak]

http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html

This is a curious phenomenon...  Two beakers full of water are placed side-by-side.  A large electric field is created across two beakers of water.  It's not clear to me from the article whether the electrodes are in the beakers or not.  In any case, when the DC voltage is applied, water climbs out of the beakers and forms a bridge between them which grows and becomes stable.  The HHO crew should find this of some interest.

the electrodes are inside the beakers.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Floating+Water+Bridge&aq=f

[Outlawstc]

are you putting high voltage positive in one and high negative in the other?


outlawstc

[mastahscott]

Wow, cool .. Im glad someone figured that out.  Its merely electrolysis forcing the water up because of the release of hydrogen and oxygen.

http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html

This is a curious phenomenon...  Two beakers full of water are placed side-by-side.  A large electric field is created across two beakers of water.  It's not clear to me from the article whether the electrodes are in the beakers or not.  In any case, when the DC voltage is applied, water climbs out of the beakers and forms a bridge between them which grows and becomes stable.  The HHO crew should find this of some interest.

[hansvonlieven]

@ mastahscott,

It's not quite as simple as that. For electrolysis to occur a current must flow. Before the bridge forms there is no current flowing since the beakers are not electrically connected.

Hans von Lieven