[NewCandle] Hydrogen from aluminum

[Nick Reiter]

Hey Keith and all,

Yeah, that is some neat stuff!  I notice they avoid the term quantum dot, but then again, maybe they are not quite the same thing.

This is very germane, as I have been making Al-K-I nanosquid again... I have an update as well as some more SEM pics to send... I just need to find a free sane hour or so to put it all together.

As a spoiler, though, the squid are really anemonies... we were just seeing the uprooted beached ones!

Coming soon to a salty ocean floor near you...

n

> From: Keith Nagel <NewCandleAdmin at ipdiscover.com>
> Subject: [NewCandle] Hydrogen from aluminum
> To: "New energy for the new world." <newcandle at ipdiscover.com>
> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 2:13 PM
> Hi All,
> 
> I just stumbled across this article about using
> nanoparticles
> of aluminum to generate hydrogen.
> 
> http://thefutureofthings.com/news/6541/hydrogen-produced-from-aluminum-and-w
> ater.html
> 
> I was a bit skeptical of the claim of being able
> to regenerate the particles; but still it's an
> intriguing methodology that avoids the usual
> problem of handling the caustics necessary to
> generate H2 from the bulk metal.
> 
> Of special interest to us is the discussion of
> Lewis acids and bases, and the fact that different
> configurations of aluminum atoms can act as either
> an anodic or cathodic site.
> 
> Here's the researchers homepage
> 
> http://research.chem.psu.edu/awcgroup/Castleman%20Homepage.html
> 
> I like the 3d periodic table; it's something I've
> been pushing
> for years and now that nanotech is getting serious
> attention
> others seem to be understanding that the old table needs an
> additional axis to account for the behavior of clusters of
> atoms.
> 
> K.
> 
> 
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