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Thread: Most abundant substance soon to be fuel.

  1. #1
    WUTWZAT
    It seems that scientists in PA while trying to push radiowave thru salt water caused it to catch fire. It seems at a certain frequency the radio waves cause the hydrogen to be released from salt water then catch fire at about 2300 degrees..... They are now seeing how this can be converted to work in automotive applications.
    WOW, talk about looking for one thing and finding another, these guys stand to be Jed Clamped rich!!

  2. #2
    WUTWZAT
    ERIE, Pa. - An Erie cancer researcher has found a way to burn salt water, a novel invention that is being touted by one chemist as the "most remarkable" water science discovery in a century.
    John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn.
    The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth, as a fuel.
    Rustum Roy, a Penn State University chemist, has held demonstrations at his State College lab to confirm his own observations.
    The radio frequencies act to weaken the bonds between the elements that make up salt water, releasing the hydrogen, Roy said. Once ignited, the hydrogen will burn as long as it is exposed to the frequencies, he said.
    The discovery is "the most remarkable in water science in 100 years," Roy said.
    "This is the most abundant element in the world. It is everywhere," Roy said. "Seeing it burn gives me the chills."
    Roy will meet this week with officials from the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense to try to obtain research funding.
    The scientists want to find out whether the energy output from the burning hydrogen — which reached a heat of more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit — would be enough to power a car or other heavy machinery.
    "We will get our ideas together and check this out and see where it leads," Roy said. "The potential is huge."

  3. #3
    RiverToysJas
    So you're saying a motivated mad scientist can set the world on fire??? ....OR ransom every sea faring nation for trillions!!!
    This is bad.....very bad.....
    RTJas

  4. #4
    Phat Matt
    Oil companies will pay him to stop research.

  5. #5
    Phat Matt
    Here is the video story. I wonder why you wouldn't hear more about this? Seems like this would rank with finding out the world isn't flat.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vSx...elated&search=

  6. #6
    Ryphraph
    How much energy is required to generate the radiation? Remeber, there is no free energy.
    Ryph

  7. #7
    Phat Matt
    How much energy is required to generate the radiation? Remeber, there is no free energy.
    Ryph
    I am sure it takes more energy to get the reaction right now but it is still a break through.

  8. #8
    whiteworks
    The bond enthalpy of NaCl (412.1 KJ/mol) is farely high, almost half of the strongest diatomic bond enthalpy CO (1076.5 KJ/mol). But at such a high temperature this wouldn't be a problem. If the Sodium was giving of energy, wouldn't you have chlorine gas released?

  9. #9
    lakeluver
    But where will we boat when we burn up all that fuel???:idea:

  10. #10
    Seadog
    This may have applications for electrical generation and lower cost hydrogen production, but I would doubt seeing motors burn seawater.

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