In reply to Frederick Sparber's message of Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:40:57 -0500: Hi, [snip] >> Now that said, I fail to see why momentum can't be conserved >> between a molecule and an emitted photon. IOW why doesn't H >> recombine under emission of UV? >> >Moot point. Where is Ronny Bar-Gadda going to get the mole of 4.525 plus a >mole of 5.17 eV >UV photons to split the H-OH and O-H bonds respectively, when you can take >advantage >of the free energy of auto-ionization of water and use ~2.0 eV to separate >them? > >Or the Iodine-Sulfur thermal water-splitting process. > >Pie in the sky? :-) > >FJS It may be a moot point, but I still want to know the answer. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
