I doubt very much that iron could act as a catalyst (in the pure sense of the word) as a catalyst is not supposed to participate in the reaction only facilitate it. Iron will quickly oxidize (give up electrons) and in the words of Harry Potter "Disapparate".
As for different wavelengths and I presume resonance frequencies is what was being referred to, our bodies as we should all know have a rather large component of water in them (yes even in skin). What is likely more applicable with regard to your superhero hand is that shorter wavelengths (blue) are more likely to reflect (scatter) from the surface of your skin while longer wavelengths are more likely to penetrate the surface (perhaps only a millimeter). What you feel is quite different from what energy might be present. The trick is in absorbing that energy - enter the debate of shinny side tinfoil - sorry I'm kidding... As for iron and its effect - although not technically catalytic it might have a desired effect of thermal storage in the reactive zone (red hot) which could enhance conversion, but I would suspect material blockage etc... Just how much it would help I'm not sure. -Derek Schulze On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Bruce Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > Before I forget this yet again... > > Is it possible that the zone that produces heat, needs a catalyst like > iron? > My uninformed opinon (without reviewing my heat transfer tomes) would be > that > the gas is invisible to the infrared component. I suspect the gas is only > picking up heat from conduction. I don't know the percentages of which > components are domainant (thats the home work part), but if the IR > component is > significant, then its being lost on the gas. This especially if the ash is > what > the gas impinges on. > This idea occurs to me from watching the fires. I can hold my hand in the > flames but I can't hold it near the coals because I am picking up too much > IR. > BPJ > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Gasification list has moved to > [email protected] - please update your email contacts to > reflect the change. > Please visit http://info.bioenergylists.org for more news on the list > move. > Thank you, > Gasification Administrator > _______________________________________________ The Gasification list has moved to [email protected] - please update your email contacts to reflect the change. Please visit http://info.bioenergylists.org for more news on the list move. Thank you, Gasification Administrator
