Date:	March 31, 1998

Objectives:

Construct an electrolyzer made from a proton exchange membrane and Ti mesh electrodes, plated with platinum.

Procedure Utilized:

Standard Plating procedure

Environment:

Temperature-	NA

Barometer-	NA

Relative Humidity-	NA

Results & Conclusions:

The Ti mesh was cleaned with the following procedure.

1.	Cut Ti to appropriate size for electrolyzer.

2.	Place into acetone bath.

3.	Place into HCL bath.

4.	Introduce the dihydrogen chloroplatnic acid into the Hcl solution.

5.	Pass a current of approximately 20-40 mA through the solution.

6.	Reverse polarity on the electrode after a period of one hour.

The leads used to plate the soultion were partially acid burned, but nothing to severe.

After weighing the electrode I have concluded that the amount of Platnium deposited on the electrode was inadaquate for the electrolyzer, although appearent as a black film on the mesh the weight of the electrode is not consistent with the pre-weight measurement. The experiment is not complete.