Radio frequencies help burn salt water
September 13th, 2007 Tags: Environment
An accidental discovery by a cancer researcher has shown that we can burn salt water using radio frequencies. If this can be harnessed appropriately, just imagine what it could do for our future energy needs. I wonder however if it costs more power to fire the water than what they can harness from it.
Roy explained to the Post-Gazette, that the water itself doesn’t burn. His best guess is that the energy from the radio waves breaks the bonds between the molecules, releasing hydrogen that can be ignited with a flame. The temperature of the flame was measured at 1,650 °C.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vSxR6UKFM[/youtube]
September 13th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Looks really cool and optimistic, lots of new stuff has been invented accidentally :)