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While searching for a cancer cure, this man has discovered that he can "burn" saltwater.

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dandt1612
July 7, 2007, 5:43 p.m.
Amazing1, That is AMAZING indeed!!!!! Wow I hope this turns into something we can all use.
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Eagle_Eye
July 7, 2007, 6:58 p.m.
This is amazing!!!
It would be a wonderful solution!!
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texangelwings
July 7, 2007, 7:47 p.m.
Excellent! Fantastic find, thanks Amazing1!
This would be wonderful if the cure for cancer and solve some of our energy problems could be that close to being solved!
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Amazing1
July 7, 2007, 8:46 p.m.
I just hope that this invention can be brought to market in some way that is truly useful before big oil gets their hands on it.
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BronxBomber
July 7, 2007, 9:02 p.m.
It is amazing! John Kanzius is the Nick Tesla of today! Salt water! I can imagine that the oil industry should perk up, and take notice! If not they are stupid not too. Great post Amazing1! Thanks!
I hope this can treat, and obliterate cancer cells so that the disease is just a thing of the past. I've seen the illness take away a lot of my friends.
='o(
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Searchbeam
July 7, 2007, 9:19 p.m.
Amazing1,
This is truly amazing!
In this energy equation, it will be interesting to see the amount of net gain, which will make it practical and usable.
energy out - energy in = net gain
I hope this IS the Holy Grail of energy!
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OldRusty
July 7, 2007, 10:14 p.m.
God, has put everything here on earth, that we will ever need to exist, forever.All we have to do is discover what is is that we need.
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Natureboy
July 8, 2007, 9:33 a.m.
Hypothesis #1 - the amount of energy used to generate the radio waves is significantly less than the energy released when the hydrogen and oxygen recombine. A corollary would be that the second law of thermodynamics no longer applies, the field of physics will be turned upside down.
Hypothesis #2 - the amount of energy used to generate the radio waves is is greater than the energy released when the hydrogen and oxygen combine. This would make the burning of saltwater fairly useless as a panacea for an energy shortage, but would be consistent with everything generally observed in the natural world. The second law of thermodynamics would still hold.
Anyone taking bets on which will turn out to be the case?
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mamasan
July 8, 2007, 10:33 a.m.
so if this was used in a car , what powers the machine to create the fire?
a battery?
I am confused......
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awlhlm
July 8, 2007, 12:01 p.m.
Presence of the salt water in the near field of the radio antenna will alter its impedance, drawing more current and more power from the power supply. The high electric field in the water sample causes the hydrogen and oxygen to disassociate and free hydrogen and oxygen gas are produced. Any source of ignition will cause those gases to recombine with production of heat at the surface of the water, forming water again.
The net process is endothermic; that is, it consumes energy. This whole thing is nonsense and shows who was paying attention in science class.
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slate
July 8, 2007, 1:21 p.m.
Wow! A three for one alternative, cure cancer, alternate fuel and desalination of sea water! This could be one of the biggest finds in history!
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TonyByron
July 8, 2007, 4:02 p.m.
OOh, OOh! Scientific breakthrough! RF radiation can break the bond between hydrogen and oxygen in water! (if it is made conductive) And then, wait for it, you can set the resultant Hydrogen and Oxygen on fire!
But wait, there's more! This flame can produce mechanical energy when applied to a Sterling heat engine! The same engine that can run from the heat of a cup of hot coffee.!
http://jlnlabs.imars.com/html/stirling.htm
Imagine using your 1000 watt microwave oven to heat a cup of simple saltwater to power a Sterling engine that turns! You can even put a small fan on it to dissipate the heat that the microwave oven produces!
Truly a discovery for the ages!
With your financial help to help me secure the necessary patents to produce this amazing technology, we all can soon have abundant energy from the sea, the cradle of life.
If I could afford to patent this technology on my own I would. Unfortunately several large energy companies are fighting me.
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spock1
July 9, 2007, 5:09 p.m.
Can someone explain these 'quantum' theories to me? From the reports I've read on the flame, it burns at 1500 or 1700 degrees C. A hydrogen flame burns at ~2300C.
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Searchbeam
July 9, 2007, 9:39 p.m.
spock1,
I don't know if I am qualified to teach, but I will try.
Quantum Physics is one of the hardest things to comprehend, because it does not fit into the mold of knowledge we acquire in our conventional learning. Classical, or Newtonian physics deals with visible, measurable world. Quantum physics deals with phenomenon related to the smallest particles like atoms, electrons, neutrons, positrons and some of the particles that have never been seen - like neutrinos.
If you look at an atom, it resembles a solar system. There is the nucleus, and then there are electrons spinning around the nucleus. These electrons move in orbits and there are up to seven concentric orbits. First orbit is the closest to the nucleus and has a maximum of 2 electrons. The next orbit has 8, the next has 18, the next has 32, the next has 18 and the last one has up to eight electrons.
More..
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cuke
May 5, 2008, 1:32 a.m.
This process has been known for a while. Beaming an RF signal of the right frequency, in this case 13.561 MHz (The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of oxygen), into water causes excitation of the oxygen atom and disassociation of the water molicule. In pure water the H and O atoms will recombine. The positivly charged Na ions in salt water will repell the H atoms and attract the O atoms seperating them far enough to prevent recombination. Groups of O atoms collecting around the Na ion will combine to form O2 and free H will combine to form H2. The only thing remarkable here is that someone actually took a match to the test tube. Kanzius has never claimed this process was at or above unity. A close examination of the process shows that more energy is required to seperate the water molicule than can be recovered from the burning of the gasses. A remarkable use of an existing technology, but no free energy.