Wouter van Ooijen <wouter <at> voti.nl> writes:

> 
> > Potassium Hydroxide spillage suggests it's a CO2 scrubber.
> 
> The text says it produces O2 by splitting water, so I think it is an
> electrolysis thingy. NaOH is  IIRC the most convenient solution to
> electrolyse for O2 production.
> 
> Wouter van Ooijen
> 


I would have thought that just for the safety they would use sodium chloride 
for electrolysis.  In case of a spill all one gets is some salty water.
What do they do with "extra" H2 they generate? Just went out to space?

Sergey Dryga


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