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Man lights water on fire, more at 12!
Edith Upwards
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070913-burning-water.html
Salt water can indeed burn when exposed to a certain kind of radio wave, a university chemist has confirmed.
Rustum Roy of Pennsylvania State University verified earlier this month that the radio waves break the water into its components, allowing the resulting freed hydrogen and oxygen to catch fire.
Independent scientists said the phenomenon is credible as explained, though practical applications of the technology remain uncertain and it's unlikely to be a source of cheap energy.
Accidental Discovery
John Kanzius of Sanibel, Florida, first happened upon the phenomenon earlier this year when running experiments with a radio frequency generator he designed to help zap cancer cells.
When he trained the radio waves on a test tube of salt water, it produced an unexpected spark, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Curious, Kanzius and colleagues decided to ignite the water with a match. The water lit and kept burning as long as it remained in the radio frequency field.
Pennsylvania State University's Roy then followed up, intrigued by the technology's potential applications for desalination and hydrogen fuel.
He found that the phenomenon works by breaking water into oxygen, hydrogen, and salt. The hydrogen is combustible and will burn as long as it remains within the radio frequency field.
He held public demonstrations last Thursday.
"It's scientifically absolutely true," Roy said.
When hydrogen burns, its reacts with oxygen to re-form water, he added.
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But.
Water. On fire.
How are you not enthused?
Probably because we already flipped out about it 3 years ago.
I remember the thread, in fact.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
Fire in the sky!
on my first pot of coffee, and right outside my window a bunch of seagulls and crows are having at it
Is this on netflix instant watch? I can't check right now.
Unfortunately its not.
is this a time portal
can I go back to 2008
I could fix so many mistakes
5 different world disasters
They would erect statues of us in our honor, Tossrock
Steam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qFdbUEq5s
I was mostly thinking about that McGriddle I ate
is that really considered legally food??
i would fuck all the bitches
all of them
Ok, that's 1 disaster.
I want to use one of those disasters also, so we have 3 left
Next thing you know they'll start lighting rainbows on fire.
Valhalla here we come.