Is that an improvement or a re-discovery? I was just reading a Keelynet article about research at the University of Valencia also claiming revolutionary results with another molybdenum compound as catalyst, but that was back in February of 1998. Could they be the same? http://www.keelynet.com/energy/valhyd.htm
The above article includes a [dead] link to the original announcement, written in Valenciano, a local language: http://www.uv.es/~premsa/notes/cervilla.htm , ( located with Internet Archives: http://tinyurl.com/29rmlgf ) ----- Original Message ----- From: Roarty, Francis X To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:46 PM Subject: [Vo]:Berkeley Scientists discover inexpensive metal catalyst for generating hydrogen from water news http://www.domain-b.com/technology/2010/20100505_discover_inexpensive.html [quote]The molybdenum-oxo complex that Karunadasa, Chang and Long discovered is a high valence metal with the chemical name of (PY5Me2)Mo-oxo. In their studies, the research team found that this complex catalyzes the generation of hydrogen from neutral buffered water or even sea water with a turnover frequency of 2.4 moles of hydrogen per mole of catalyst per second.[/quote] What is a turnover rate? If I wanted a specific number of liters per minute and converted this to moles per minute the ratio they mention Of 2.4 moles of hydrogen per mole of catalyst doesn't include a time rate.
