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Some time ago a saw only the final moments of an item on tv about an invention in development. It's a sun disk that fits on the back of a jeep. Sunlight is supposed to be lead from the disk to a chamber were water is broken down in hydrogen en oxygen in the "sun chamber". The problem is they couldn't find the right material for this chamber because it gets about 2300 degr C. in the process. Unfortunately I don't have the solution, but still I like to know more about it. I've been looking all over the web, but I just can’t find anything. Maybe someone over here knows where I can find more info on this?

2006-08-07 06:31:38 · 4 answers · asked by Caveman 4 in Environment

If yes, where can I find this information?

2006-08-07 07:30:36 · update #1

linlyons, I don't want to make this a chat, but I am just as curious about how they want to do all of this as you are. I only saw 1 or 2 minutes of the item. But I know that as a kid I burnt paper and ants by focussing sunlight through a magnifying glass. Paper and ants don't burn in your car indeed, you happy! I remember their research financer had to get out of the project for some outside reasons, and the project had come to a halt. Not much more than 100 years ago most humans thought only birds could fly and that if god had wanted us to fly, it would have given us wings. But a few thought different. See were we go now.

2006-08-07 08:12:26 · update #2

4 answers

I wouldn't begin to try and evaluate the feasibility of such a device myself, but I have found several patents that answer to the description. My degree is in Environmental Management, not Physics, but I think the three sites below explain it pretty well, between them.

Additionally to the enclosures, if you use the term "Photolysis" in any good search engine, it should bring you up some pretty definitive entries, entering the year 2006 gives you the most recent stuff.

Photolysis (Photo = light, Lysis = breaking) of water.

This a patent for such a device
http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US04011149__


If you want to know about its feasibility, and you have some background, I suggest that you read the US Govt.'s own paper on it.
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6050195


If you have no background at all, you may find this useful:
http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/homeworkzone.asp?id=218


Wikipedia describe it thus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photolysis

and evolution of Hydrogen by Photolysis, is discussed at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photohydrogen




Also, try to do a search on "patents photolysis of water"... fraid I haven't the time, I am trawling for other environmental technologies myself, at the mo'.

Hope this helps a bit to get you started, though!

Good luck!

TTFN!

Toni

2006-08-07 07:32:37 · answer #1 · answered by tmuk55 3 · 0 1

You know caveman, I wasn't trying to prove any religious point in that question, in fact I stated that I wasn't at all religious. Spiritual maybe, but not religious. You refering to me and trying to make me look like a dumb as* doesn't bode well with me.
Thanks for being a jerk, and I'm glad you're close minded, it makes you far less dangerous.

2006-08-10 18:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by Shannon W 2 · 0 0

yes

2006-08-07 06:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i love your picture!!!!!
lord of the rings is like the BEST movie

2006-08-09 17:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by ap 3 · 0 0

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