[vo_ok]

hi everyone,

what is the best way to get rid of hydrogen gas without being outside?

[Hunter2]

What does it meant not being outside. Normaly you can burn it to get water.

[vo_ok]

i just mean hydrogen gas being indoors instead of it being given off outdoors.

the reason i'm asking this question is because i don't have an outside area where the hydrogen gas can be given off.

[Hunter2]

You can burning it also indoor, to get water vapore.

[vo_ok]

but how would that be done safely? because it will explode/catch fire if heat or a spark is introduced to it. (the h2 gas is a by product of a reaction i'm doing).

[Borek]

A lot depends on the experimental setup. In general if you have a reacting mixture producing hydrogen you can close the vessel where the reaction takes place using a stopper with a glass tube and just ignite hydrogen that leaves through the tube. It can be still dangerous though, plenty of fine prints and disclaimers.

[vo_ok]

are there any other possible solutions apart from burning it?

[Hunter2]

No realy, because H2 is inert and doesn't react by itself. Also absorption is not realy known.
What prozess you are talking about.

[vo_ok]

making sulfuric acid by electrolosis. apparently the reaction will give off hydrogen gas for as long as the reaction takes place, and the reaction will take many hours.

can i use an activated carbon filter with a suction fan and duct pipe?

[rolnor]

Normally this is no problem if you dont produce 100liters of H2, you can just open a window.

[rolnor]

H2 is to small to be adsorbed on activated charcoal.

[RisingEastStar17]

It depends on what your objective is. Were you doing an experiment that caused the gas to fill the room? Is this a hypothetical question to find the number of methods of removing H2 gas?

[Enthalpy]

You should begin by evaluating the amount. Because, if the electricity source is a 4.5V battery, the hydrogen amount evolved over hours will never attain the explosive concentration in a room.

To burn evolved hydrogen, I'd trust a catalyst (Pd) better than a lighter. If the flame gets out, the catalyst reignites the hydrogen. Better, a (controlled!) proportion of air mixed with the hydrogen still burns the hydrogen while the "flame" temperature can remain below the autoignition of hydrogen in air, which is like 500°C. But the setup is more difficult and expensive.

[rolnor]

That was what I wrote Enthalpy. Just open a window if unsure.