At 02:56 am 03/10/2005 -0500, Thomas wrote:
>> Jones Beene posted;
>>
>> Pyrolysis (thermal decomposition) of water normally requires lots of
>> high temperature thermal energy, plus a means to avoid immediate
>> recombination - but what about catalytic pyrolysis?
>>
>> A new technique using carbon nanotube technology is said to require
>> half the energy of normal pyrolysis - and at only 1000 C, plus the
>> carbon is not consumed AND recombination can be more easily
>> engineered into the system.
>
>> This lower-temperature requirement would seem to be doable, even with
>> Michael Foster's cheap Fresnel Lens, no?
> Great post Jones! I would speculate the the bonds holding the carbon
> atoms in the nanotube, to each other are stronger than the strength
> of the bonds of the reaction. IMHO, it would be great if the observed
> chemical reactions didn't fit with existing chemical theory.
Catalysis has never fitted in with existing chemical theory so there's
nothing intrinsically new about the catalytic action of nanotubes.
They are, however, a wonderfully clear example of how hiding a reaction
away from the external Beta-atmosphere pressure alters the chemistry of
that reaction.
Frank Grimer
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