Yes indeed, it sounds exactly like snake oil reading the marketing claims below.
Mike McGinness David Miller wrote: > Andres Secco wrote: > > Dear all, > > Magnets are being offered through spam e-mail and its has been so since > > early '90 ties. > > The professional use of magnets is very wide. My experience in industrial > > cooling towers, boilers and engines is very possitive and in some cases have > > it documented. > > How it works? This is the link http://www.tinet.org/~sje/mag_fuel.htm > > > > Yes indeed. Pasted from the page: > > / Fuel mainly consists of hydrocarbons. Groupings of hydrocarbons, when > flowing through a magnetic field, change their orientations of > magnetization in a direction opposite to that of the magnetic field. The > molecules of hydrocarbon change their configuration. At the same time > intermolecular force is considerably reduced or depressed. These > mechanisms are believed to help to disperse oil particles and to become > finely divided. In addition, hydrogen ions in fuel and oxygen ions in > air or steam are magnetized to form magnetic domains which are believed > to assist in atomizing fuel into finer particles. / > > / Generally a liquid or gas fuel used for an internal combustion > engine is composed of a set of molecules. Each molecule includes a > number of atoms, which is composed of a nucleus and electrons orbiting > around their nucleus. The molecules have magnetic moments in themselves, > and the rotating electrons cause magnetic phenomena. Thus, positive (+) > and negative (-) electric charges exists in the fuel's molecules. For > this reason, the fuel particles of the negative and positive electric > charges are not split into more minute particles. Accordingly, the fuels > are not actively interlocked with oxygen during combustion, thereby > causing incomplete combustion. To improve the above, the fuels have been > required to be decomposed and ionized. The ionization of the fuel > particles is accomplished by the supply of magnetic force from a magnet. / > > / The resultant conditioned fuel/air mixture magnetized in opposite > polarities burns more completely, producing higher engine output, better > fuel economy, more power and most importantly reduces the amount of > hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust. > Another benefits if these devices is that magnetically charged fuel and > air molecules with opposite polarities dissolve carbon build-up in > carburetor jets, fuel injectors, and combustion chambers help to clean > up the engine and maintain the clean condition. / > > Jeez, doesn't this set off any snake-oil alarm? > > "/For this reason, the fuel particles of the negative and positive > electric charges are not split into more minute particles." > > /and/ > > //Accordingly, the fuels are not actively interlocked with oxygen during > combustion, thereby causing incomplete combustion./ > > If this is a scientific analysis some of my teachers are going to be > eating their textbooks. > > There are many suppliers of those small devices for passenger cars and at > > lower prices os 20 bucks, but the real magnets cost much more than thant. > > Check this link > > http://www.magnetic-innovations.co.uk/ > > > > Yes indeed! Magnetic products for sale. "*SAVE 15% ON YOUR FUEL BILLS > WITH EMMISSION MASTER!" Guaranteed! > > *They'll give me a money back guarantee that I can save 15% on my fuel > bill. So my 50 MPG TDI can now get 57.5 MPG. Pity the poor VW > engineers, stupid enough to spend millions refining the engine when they > could get another 15% by adding magnets in the right place. What on > earth could be wrong with them? > > > I remember scientific information related and will post soon, if I can find > > it over the net. > > > > I'd like to see some real scientific information. Not web sites run by > people selling magnets, real research. Like Bob Allen said, a peer > reviewed journal would be nice. Where other scientists review claims > and articles, and often times perform their own research to confirm > results. Have *you* applied this and seen *any* increase in milage > while changing *nothing* else? > > I don't mean to sound harsh, but the willingness of people to believe > miracles of magnets seems overwhelming. They cure cancer, defeat > gravity, energize fuel, reduce pollution, and make rainy days turn sunny. > > Not really, but there seem to be no end of people willing to pay good > money believing such nonsense. > > --- David > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
