[Vwdiesel] Burning water

[82 Diesel Westy]

Wow, you must be a chemist Doyt.  That was a super
explaination of the process that even I can grasp.

Thanks. Really.
Agreed, it is a was if the energy to make the radio
freq. waves is equal to the energy released.

Bryan

--- "Doyt W. Echelberger" <doyt at buckeye-express.com>
wrote:

> 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
> 
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