FINALLY - Good News About Hydrogen - It's Very Close
reposted | 29.08.2007 20:57 | Ecology
The infra-structure and storing problems are solved
with this new development.
Engineers perfecting hydrogen-generating technology
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -
developed a technology that could represent a
pollution-free energy source for a range of
potential applications, from golf carts to
submarines and cars to emergency portable
generators.
The technology produces hydrogen by adding water
to an alloy of aluminum and gallium. When water is
added to the alloy, the aluminum splits water by
attracting oxygen, liberating hydrogen in the process.
The Purdue researchers are developing a method to
create particles of the alloy that could be placed in a
tank to react with water and produce hydrogen on demand.
For the complete article:
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/070827WoodallNanotech.html
Published on the Climate Crisis Coalition:
http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/blog/
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solves nothing
29.08.2007 23:04
Also gallium is a rare element, never found at more than 50ppm concentrations in various minerals and ores. Because of this it costs around 700$/kg. This scarcity would be likely to make the price soar if cars started carrying around several kgs of it so the Al/Ga 'fuel' slabs would have to have a hefty deposit.
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