Electrochemically Activated Water – Anolyte. Nascent Oxygen
Dimitar Mehandjiev
Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
Georgi Gluhchev
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
Ignat Ignatov *
Scientific Research Center of Medical Biophysics, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Paunka Vassileva
Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
Dimitrinka Voykova
Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
Nikolay Ivanov
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Chemical processes that could occur in the anode chamber of an electrolytic cell divided by a semi-permeable membrane when direct current passes through a water solution of weak mineralization are described. The interest concerns the possibility of a formation of chemical substances with strong oxidative action as O2 and H2O2, due to nascent oxygen. These substances can destroy the structure of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The preservation of these properties for a long period of time without specific storage requirements makes the anolyte cheap and effective disinfection and therapeutic means.
Keywords: Electrochemical Activation (ECA), catholyte, anolyte, nascent hydrogen, nascent oxygen