How come we know what water is made of but no one can make it?

[Anonymous]

I was watching a comedian and he brought this up which I didn't find funny cause I was mind blown, water is the only thing we know the recipe too but we can't make, there's ways to get water from the air for example, it gathers evaporated water but the water is already there, we just collect it again from the eco system, all the water we use is reused because it's collected and purified and the cycle continues, has anyone successfully created new water?

[A_Bell]

You make it every time you expend energy. You release carbon through carbon dioxide and hydrogen through water as glucose is burned as energy in your body.

Want to know how you lose most of your weight? By breathing. The carbon you lose with every breath is where most of your caloric burn goes. Some turns into water and is lost through dehydration processes, but carbon is much more massive than hydrogen.

The oxygen, on the other hand, is simply a pass-through you breath in and then out with the carbon or pee/sweat/breath out with the water.

Also, every time we burn wood, gas, oil, plastic, or anything organic, we're creating water.

[strateguy632]

but that is a cell process not production.
also burning wood, i heard that too but fires aren't "complete" combustion so not water vapor.

[A_Bell]

@strateguy632 I don't want to fetch my college chemistry books, but even incomplete combustion creates water, just also ash and cyclic hydrocarbons like suet.

Given enough oxygen, this would be pure water and carbon except for the Sulphur, potassium, nitrogen and other elements found in lesser amounts.

[purplepoppy]

75% of the planet is water, we don't need to make it.

[TheSpaceGnome]

We can make it.

A byproduct of hydrogen fuel cells for example is that they emit water as a waste product. Also there are various kinds of condensers that create water, an air conditioner forms water on its surface by causing temperature changes that interact with the surrounding air. Plants can create condensated water and even micro weather if put in glass environments, people have made rainclouds inside of rooms or biodomes through temp adjustments, Etc. etc. and I'm sure there is also something similar to a particle smasher that can make water.

All you have to do is attach 2 hydrogen molecules to an oxygen molecule.

[Asker]

Then why hasn't anyone accomplished it?

[TheSpaceGnome]

They have, I just explained several examples lol.

Its not done on a large scale because in most cases its pointless and expensive, the earth has weather cycles and produces fresh water in the form of rain, sea water can be desalinated, fresh water sources can be filtered, etc. Its like trying to make dirt in a forest, whats the point when its already everywhere?

[Asker]

Link please, I wanna read it lol

[TheSpaceGnome]

Just so you're aware, this method is dangerous because to combine hydrogen and oxygen this way requires combustion, so dont do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm9me9i13Q8

[Asker]

Thanks for teaching me how to make a bomb, if I get caught I'll make sure to give you credit as well

[TheSpaceGnome]

its on youtube, so the poster of the vid is responsible for anyone seeing it, at any rate, college teaches this in chemistry class, and I told you NOT to do it, and that its meant to prove that we can make water from air but we don't because of the danger and expense involved.

If you do something stupid with this information, thats on you bud.

[Asker]

I'll make sure to drag you with me as the mastermind 😂

[TheSpaceGnome]

If that were possible every college chemistry teacher would be in jail lol

[Asker]

Yes but the system is broken, there's loopholes

[TheSpaceGnome]

You're a loopy hole

[Asker]

That makes two of us now mwahahaha

[TheSpaceGnome]

No I'm just a hooman with big brain noises.

[RebelinSteel]

Best you read up on the Apollo rocket launches, how did the astronauts get water… oh yes the fuel cells - https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/fuel-cell-apollo/nasm_A19730934000

I thought everyone learned this in primary school.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Sure you can make water, just put oxygen and hydrogen in a sealed container and it will bind together and form water.

Thats how the ISS get their water, from recycled hydrogen rocketfuel.

[Daniela1982]

I thought they got it from pee?

[Astarlessnightsky]

Yes. Recycling this as well, but the majority is from hydrogen rocket fuel. And once its in space you recycle as much as possible. From pee from showering, but there is always some loss.

[SweetDripp]

When hydrogen is burned as a fuel, one of the byproducts is water, so we can make it. It works as a comedy skit but irl it’s not hard to make. We generally don’t make it because it is cheaper to collect what is naturally available rather than collecting and burning hydrogen to produce it.

[OfDeath]

The question is making a false statement. Loaded question, mu negative.

Water can be made artificially by using electrolysis to join two hydrogen and one oxygen atoms together in a multitude of repeats.

Why did you think no one can make it?

[Jessica405]

That's how fuel cells work. Mixing hydrogen as a fuel with oxygen as an oxidising agent produces electricity and steam. There used to be a trial in London of fuel cell powered busses. The only waste was water vapour.

[Jessica405]

In fact, just burning hydrogen in air produces watercvapour.

[AviatorTom]

Water can be easily made. Back in the 60s and 70s, the Apollo moon missions used fuel cells, that mixed hydrogen and oxygen to make electricity with an offshoot product of water. Fuel cells are used in a variety of applications today.

Sounds like he should stay a comedian and leave the science to scientists.

[NYlatefun]

Of course we can make water. It can be made in a lab in small quantities. It’s too expensive and dangerous to make it at a large scale and it’s not necessary.

[Asker]

Can they really or you just guessing cause I'm sure people would make it and sell it if it was accomplishable

[NYlatefun]

Not guessing, it’s possible but it’d be too expensive at a large scale and since you’re manipulating hydrogen it’s super dangerous. It’s easier and cheaper to bottle water already available.

[Asker]

Since when has danger ever stopped anyone, they pollute our air and have literally made black holes with the risks of imploding our planet, I believe they just don't know how lol

[TheSpaceGnome]

Hydrogen fuel cells are super flammable/explosive, its why despite emmiting water as waste, we don't use them in cars.

[JacobJordan]

They have not made black holes they have risked making black holes

[StudyingAuthor]

Lol, that's a good question though. They always say two oxygen one hydrogen, try that.

[Asker]

Yea but why nobody mixing it trying to make more? Cause they can't 💀

[StudyingAuthor]

lol. They can't. Maybe you should boil it.

[Asker]

Why? Then the water will disappear 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

put a top on it for condensation.

[Asker]

So you want me to burn water to get a bit back? 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

yep! That's the brightest idea I've had all day!

[Asker]

Lmao, could've been worse I guess ha

[StudyingAuthor]

it could've been better.

[Asker]

I agree 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

🤔 I have a thesis to write. About burning water to make water! lmao.

[Asker]

Imagine trading a lot of water for a little bit of water 💀

[StudyingAuthor]

That's what will happen in my science experiment today. And I will teach a whole class on how to make water using that example. 😊😇

[Asker]

You are gonna get fired lol

[StudyingAuthor]

I think it's a good idea!

[Asker]

Lol.

[StudyingAuthor]

I think I'll be a great teacher! Getting fired on my first day is my greatest aspiration!

[Asker]

Aren't you still in school? 💀😂

[StudyingAuthor]

Me? It's 11 at night!

[StudyingAuthor]

It just dawned on me that you meant grade school. lmao. I'm graduating in the fall.

[Asker]

I mean in general 😂

[Asker]

Are you gifted?

[StudyingAuthor]

I'm intelligent, if that's what you mean. The only thing different about me is that I'm hypoglycemic.

[Asker]

That actually explains all the big terms you use 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

lol.

[JacobJordan]

.. 2 hydrogen 1 oxygen h2o not o2h

[JacobJordan]

The process you are talking about is called desalination it is the act of boiling water for steam the steam is collected and then cooled this leaves the mineral salts behind as they are heavy. The process of desalination is certainly doable it is however very expensive. Currently is too expensive to be worthwhile. Should it become the cheapest method we will see desalination plants popping up. Water in space for example is $12k/m³. The value of water is not based on the water. It is based on the ease or difficulty it is to obtain.

[StudyingAuthor]

@JacobJordan Thanks! But I was being silly. I'm sorry, but I'm actually intelligent... I like to make funny jokes on science though.

[JacobJordan]

Mmmhmmm

[andreasderjuengere]

"Let's right away dive into the exciting world of science, :D...
Chemically, it is of course possible.
Enjoy a pissible explosion if you like.
But it has no minerals added to be suitable drinking water.
As for "new" water - hydrogen and oxygen must come from somewhere... so philosophically, this water is rather recycled or re-purposed.
And as nothing comes from nothing: the required 'ingredients' O2 and H2 now will be unavailable elsewhere.

[slatyb]

We are making water constantly as we burn fossil fuels. Burning methane (natural gas) produces carbon dioxide and water.

CH4 + 2 O2 => CO2 + 2 H2O.

[strateguy632]

labs can attach water. but despite releasing heat, needs much energy to do it. so not worth it.

[sirderpsalot123]

We'd have to burn a ridiculous amount of stuff to get the hydrogen

[Asker]

Or they just can't make it 😂

[sirderpsalot123]

I'm pretty sure you can only collect it from the environment lol

[Asker]

Seems that way, she piss it out and reuse it 💀

[Asker]

We piss it out*

[Daniela1982]

Same reason we all know what peace is but none of us can keep it.

[Likes2drive]

It’s created by hydrogen mixed with oxygen, if you had a car that used hydrogen to power the engine , the by product is water

[Jessica405]

Correct.

[Karolina03]

It is possible to make a water but we need too much energy for it.

[Asker]

So I've been told

[patois]

What are you high? There are all sorts of chemical reactions that produce water. For example you could add aluminum hydroxide to hydrochloric acid and it would produce aluminium chloride and water.

[patois]

and yes, I've created water countless times in many different reactions. Every chemist/biologist has done this more times than they can remember.

[patois]

Even people that have taken a basic chemistry 1 laboratory have to do reactions that create water. Then they often have to dry their product via vacuum filtration with a Büchner flask, a glass funnel, filter paper, and a air pump to remove the water. Water is the waste product of many reactions.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

It's possible but impractical given the energy required vs. the sheer abundance of water. Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/UV8KbQyF228

[JacobJordan]

Yes making water is possible you need a lot of power though

[OlderAndWiser]

You should depend on a comedian to give you good answers to questions about science.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VmTZcNVzp7A

[Fromdusktilldawn]

Translator

hydrogen fuel cells?

[Anpu23]

Yes, all you have to do is burn hydrogen. The result is a big explosion and water vapor.

[Kingofkings1992]

Who told you no one can make it? They misinformed you my boy

[Asker]

You don't have the rights to call me boy after than snowflake trip you had 😂

[Asker]

That*

[Kingofkings1992]

Boy just means a male person. Can be used interchangeably with man

[Asker]

Not where I'm from

[Kingofkings1992]

Well they’re stupid where you come from.

[Asker]

You mean stupid like that tantrum you threw 😂💀

[Kingofkings1992]

Irrelevant to the point. Stay on task buddy. I know you tend to be very scatter brained. I had legitimate reasons for going ape shit on that girl

[Asker]

Yea cause you couldn't take your issues out on the real problem, that's called lack of control, the point has changed because the one that made the point is changing it.

[Kingofkings1992]

You’re all confused kiddo. I’d suggest tapping out

[Asker]

Tapping out from what, calm down tantrum baby 😂

[exitseven]

Water can be synthesized. It is a by product of many chemical reactions.

[AlexEfron]

It can be done. It has been done. In fact it's harder to split the two elements from water molecule than to combine the two to form one.

[NathanDavis]

you're right... any time we drink water

we're drinking 13 billion years water... more or less

[BoopBoopBeep]

We can quite assuredly make water, but it's cheaper to just turn on the tap.

[KrakenAttackin]

Of course we can make water. A natural byproduct of hydrogen fuel cells is pure H20.

[dustybiker2]

We can steal it from Mars.

[Asker]

I think we already did, look at mars, it's a damn desert 😂

[dustybiker2]

lol truth

[Berweic]

Because only God can make water

[StudyingAuthor]

Best answer I seen all day.

[Berweic]

I'm glad about that, thank you

[StudyingAuthor]

thanks (sorry it took me so long to respond... I think my gag crashed for a second.)

[Asker]

Yes that's what the comedian mentioned, and I agree, people on here just won't accept it tho, it's why I kept religion out of it but smart girl 😌💯

[Asker]

I thought mine was the only one that crashed, it took my ancient device a lifetime to get back in

[StudyingAuthor]

@ChicoFromThe305
It might've overloaded or something of that sort.

[Asker]

This place is falling apart smh

[StudyingAuthor]

Lmao, it's ripping by the seams.

[Asker]

The owners don't seem to care about this site tbh

[StudyingAuthor]

lol. I've never seen the owners post before.

[Asker]

I don't think anyone has lol

[StudyingAuthor]

🤣lmao

[Jessica405]

Sorry. Not true.

[Asker]

God made everything, including the materials used to build your house, having so much matter everywhere around you and believe it comes from nothing is crazy 💀

[FunkyMonkee]

They have powdered water! Just add water!

[Miah04]

I make water

[Asker]

How? Share the secret lol

[Miah04]

I'm not allowed to

[Asker]

Oh so you keeping it from society, way to kill us all ☹

[Miah04]

🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

[Iron_Man]

Rainwater

[Asker]

Is rain water clean?

[Iron_Man]

Yes….

[euniestars]

water molecules

[jahaims]

It can be made lol