AquaCure Research
HydrOxy
What is HydrOxy?
HydrOxy, also known as Brown’s Gas, is what you get from a specific kind of electrolysis. Electrolysis is the process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity. Most electrolyzers use a membrane between the two electrodes, which keeps the hydrogen and oxygen separated into two different streams as they’re produced.
AquaCure’s electrolyzer doesn’t use a membrane. Both gases come out the same stream, together. That single design difference changes everything about the gas that results.
Because nothing separates the gases, the electrolysis also produces a third component directly in the fluid itself: Electrically Expanded Water (ExW), a form of water that has absorbed extra electrons. HydrOxy is the combination of all three: hydrogen, oxygen, and ExW, generally in a ratio of about 2 parts hydrogen to 1 part oxygen.
I first identified ExW by accident in 1996, in a series of experiments detailed on The Discovery page, including the observation that first proved it was there and the measurements that confirmed it.
Any electrolyzer that uses a membrane (often called PEM or SPE technology) physically cannot produce ExW. The membrane blocks the exact process that creates it. That’s why not every “hydrogen water” or “hydrogen generator” product on the market is capable of making true HydrOxy, no matter what it’s called. This is the reason HydrOxy is treated differently from plain hydrogen therapies throughout this site: it isn’t a marketing distinction, it’s a physical one.
Why This Difference Matters
Some hydrogen products on the market use PEM or SPE electrolyzer technology, the membrane-based kind described above. These machines can produce hydrogen gas, and some are marketed using the name “Brown’s Gas” or similar terms, but the membrane in their design makes it physically impossible for them to produce ExW.
The same is true if you try to replicate HydrOxy by simply combining bottled hydrogen and oxygen in the right ratio. Research indicates that Brown’s Gas has characteristics that can’t be achieved that way. What you get from mixing bottled gases, or from a membrane-based electrolyzer, has a specific name: OxyHydrogen. It’s a real, useful gas, but it’s not the same thing as HydrOxy, because it doesn’t contain ExW.
That’s not a small technical footnote. It’s the difference between a hydrogen-only gas and the fuller HydrOxy mixture AquaCure produces. When comparing hydrogen technologies, the presence of ExW, not just the volume of hydrogen, is the meaningful distinction to look for. This is the standard worth applying to any hydrogen product, not just AquaCure’s: does it produce ExW, or just hydrogen?
Where This Name Came From
HydrOxy has gone by many names over the decades: Brown’s Gas, HHO, Aquygen, and several others, all describing the same underlying gas. The full naming history, including who coined each name and why, is covered on A Short History of Brown’s Gas.
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THE SCIENCE
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Hydroxy
ExW
The component that sets Hydroxy apart, including how it relates to Dr. Gerald Pollack’s well-known EZ water research.
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THE SCIENCE
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HydrOxy
Most hydrogen machines only make hydrogen. See what’s actually in the gas AquaCure produces, and why that difference matters more than you’d think.
ExW
This is what separates HydrOxy from every other hydrogen product on the market. Explore what ExW is and why it’s important to how HydrOxy works.
THE HISTORY
The Discovery
In 1996, George noticed something that shouldn’t have been there: a third gas forming where none should exist. Here’s what happened next.
Brown's Gas History
You may have seen this gas called HHO, Brown’s Gas, or something else entirely. Here’s how one discovery ended up with so many names.
THE EVIDENCE
Studies
A curated set of peer-reviewed hydrogen studies so you can read the science directly. They’re organized by condition, so you can find what matters to you.
Patents
This isn’t a new idea dreamed up yesterday. See the patent filings that documented Brown’s Gas’s therapeutic use years before AquaCure existed.
Interviews
From international conferences to one-on-one conversations, see George walk through the research, the safety data, and the real-world results behind HydrOxy.
THE SCIENCE
CURRENTLY READING
Hydroxy
ExW
The component that sets Hydroxy apart, including how it relates to Dr. Gerald Pollack’s well-known EZ water research.
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