The Conclusion

The result of the electrolysis experiment was that no oxygen gas was produced, only hydrogen gas. This is because the chloride ions are oxidized in the reaction rather than the water oxidized to oxygen. Although the main goal of the project is not completed, the resulting hydrogen gas can be useful on multiple occasions. This will be discussed in the following sections. If this were to be scaled up for a full sized submarine, an extremely large amount of electric potential must be emitted to produce an adequate amount of products to be used. Also, the brine saltwater must be filtered to distilled water for oxygen gas to be produced. The amount of power that a nuclear submarine can emit makes electrolysis possible for breathable air. A nuclear submarine can produce about 150 standard cubic feet per hour of oxygen using electrolysis [7]. The tests showed that the reaction is not at all efficient and would need to be modified largely to become reasonable on large scale.