1. Racing With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars
Set up the hydrogen car and fill the chambers to the fill line with DISTILLED WATER ONLY

2. Hydrogen is #1 on the Periodic Table↓
Hydrogen — first and lightest element on the periodic table.

3. ENERGY!
Hydrogen
Hydrogen has been used in the chemical and refining industries and the space program for many years, but its most exciting use is as a form of energy. When used in fuel cells to create electricity, hydrogen offers the promise of a safe, clean, and sustainable energy future. But in order to benefit from using hydrogen as a form of energy, we must be able to safely and efficiently produce, store, and deliver it.

4. Hydrogen Most abundant element in the universe.
Does not exist in nature by itself but is found as part of a compound in resources such as the fossil fuels, natural gas and coal.
What is the most abundant compound on earth?
It is also found in a great number of diverse resources on earth — and in the United States. But hydrogen does not exist by itself in nature. Hydrogen atoms are always found with other atoms, as part of a compound. Hydrogen can be found in fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, in biological or plant materials, and in other compounds. Can you name the most abundant compound on earth?

5. That’s right, it’s water. And water contains hydrogen.

6. Water = H2O Two Hydrogen Atoms One Oxygen Atom
The chemical formula of water is H2O. This means that in every molecule of water, there are two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. One way to produce hydrogen involves using an electrical current to split water into its component parts, hydrogen and oxygen. This process is called electrolysis.
Electrolysis: The process of using an electrical current to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

7. Hydrogen Fuel Cells

8. Assembling the Car

9. Hydrogen Car- Building

10. Fill Cyclinder

11. Inner Cylinder

12. PEM Cell

13. Attaching Tubes

14. Battery Plug In

15. Charging Car

16. The Hydrogen Car
Let’s try out a model of the fuel cell car that burns hydrogen.
It has been charging up by separating water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Do you think it will move for us today?

17. What do you think? How long did the car run on one fill up?
What exhaust comes out?
How does it compare to our cars?
Is the hydrogen car an alternative to our gasoline or diesel cars and trucks?