[Vwdiesel] Burning water

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

David Cook asks about the emissions from "burning water."

Water molecules are an atom of oxygen sharing its outer-shell electrons 
with two atoms of hydrogen, thus the formula H2O.

In salt water solutions, the hydrogen parts of the water (very positive) 
are attracted to the chloride, and the oxygen faces (very negative) of the 
water molecules are attracted to the sodium.

this results in clusters of water molecules forming envelopes around 
positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions.

According to the news release, the radio waves weaken the bonds between the 
hydrogen and the oxygen.

Some of the weakened bonds break, releasing the hydrogen.

The hydrogen departs, taking its single electron along with it.

The loose hydrogen then can be ignited, and it 'burns'....bonds with 
oxygen.....(again.)

This bonding releases lots of heat energy....which would be harnessed to 
spin a shaft (in a turbine) or move a piston (in an engine) which does work.

This bonding also forms another water molecule....the emission.

The question remains....making the radio waves in the first place with the 
radio frequency generator requires energy, and is (?) this the same amount 
of energy that appears when the loose hydrogen bonds with the oxygen (to 
run the machine) ?  If so, the process is a wash and not very useful. 
Interesting yes, but not a huge shift in the way we power machines to do 
work. Maybe (even probably) it even takes more energy to make the radio 
waves than is produced when the hydrogen burns. In that case, it is just 
another example of how energy moves from where it is to where it isn't.

No free lunch.

Doyt