Re: Water powered car via electrolysis?

Paul Baucom ( (no email) )
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 04:14:01 -0500

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>We had two balloons. The first was filled with just hydrogen gas. It's
>explosion was not as loud as the one that was mixed two parts H2 and one
>part O2.

So what you're saying is that it would NOT turn back into water if the two
gasses were mixed, but would instead create a bigger explosion than just H2
alone?

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>With all of our technology and the abilty to generate plastic armor and
>super tough metals, why can't we create a car that burns much less gas and
>uses pure oxygen as opposed to 12 per cent in the atmosphere? I realize
>that the reaction would more than likely blow the piston clear out of the
>engine block on today's cars. . . but why not using super tough plastics or
>alloys????

Maybe we could also redesign the engine to handle the larger explosion. We
should also be able to regulate the amount of each gas so it combusts just
right.

-pb

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>Chris