Hi Raegan,
This is one of those topics you might see on TV that comes with a warning:
"DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!"
It is true that if you combine oxygen with hydrogen you can obtain water as a by-product but it's very difficult to do it in a controlled manner. The two gasses tend to combine explosively.
Why don't you study to become a chemical engineer or something similar, and then look back at your adventurous youth as a future experimenter. For myself, looking back, I don't know how I survived childhood without losing an extremity or two.
LeeH
(published on 05/24/2010)
