Water electrolysis
Diaphragm electrolysis takes place in a water ionizer.
A direct current flows from the negative pole to the positive pole, with the electrons traveling over the ions dissolved in the water. As a result of various electrochemical processes that occur, the water in the cathode chamber becomes basic and electron-rich (H2-saturated), while on the anode side it becomes acidic and electron-poor (O2-saturated), which is noticeable through a changed redox potential (ORP).
The negative redox potential gives the basic active water in the cathode compartment antioxidant properties, which can be attributed to the hydrogen dissolved in it.
Through electrolysis, the pH value of normally pH-neutral water can be increased up to approx. pH 12,9. In Germany, however, a maximum pH value of pH 9,5 is permitted for drinking water. Therefore, every water ionizer can be adjusted so that the maximum drinking pH value is not exceeded.
Even if the upper limit of pH 9,5 is accidentally exceeded, alkaline activated water is not a dangerous substance or even corrosive like a chemical base with the same high pH value. Even extremely acidic activated water with a pH value of pH 2,5 does not attack the body because, unlike stomach acid with a pH of 2,5, it is only weakly “buffered”. 6)
Excerpt from the book by Karl Heinz Asenbaum: “Electro-activated water – An invention with extraordinary potential. Water ionizers from A – Z”, www.euromultimedia.de
