Magnesium Hydroxide. Many hydroxides can give you (chemical) burns. On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > Oh yeah, that makes sense. There'd be no need for replacement > cartridges > if a catalyst was used to turn the water into hydrogen and oxygen, > since > catalysts are not consumed in the process as I understand it. > Electricity > I know, chemistry I don't. > > How toxic is Mg(OH)2? And, for that matter, how /is/ Mg(OH)2 > pronounced, > anyway? > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR > > > > On 1/5/2008 10:44 AM John Bange wrote: > >>> 14-hour run time on one cartridge, fuel >>> cell technology (runs on water which is catalyzed into hydrogen >>> which >>> powers a fuel cell). >> >> >> Actually, it's more likely a water-activated chemical hydrogen >> generating >> compound, similar to the Mg-Fe packs in military field rations' >> Flameless >> Ration Heaters <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRH>. The magnesium >> strips the >> oxygen off the water to make Mg(OH)2, leaving H2 . I am curious >> what sort >> of reaction they use, but their literature is very light on technical >> detail. I wonder how much heat these generate as a byproduct. That >> might be >> useful in and of itself! >> >> -- >> John Bange >> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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