By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tue, 11 Sep 2007, 11:41AM
ERIE, Pa. - An Erie cancer researcher has found a way
to burn salt water, a novel invention that is being
touted by one chemist as the "most remarkable" water
science discovery in a century.
John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally
when he tried to desalinate seawater with a
radio-frequency generator he developed to treat
cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water
was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn.
The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect
of using salt water, the most abundant resource on
earth, as a fuel.
Rustum Roy, a Penn State University chemist, has held
demonstrations at his State College lab to confirm his
own observations.
The radio frequencies act to weaken the bonds between
the elements that make up salt water, releasing the
hydrogen, Roy said. Once ignited, the hydrogen will
burn as long as it is exposed to the frequencies, he
said.
The discovery is "the most remarkable in water science
in 100 years," Roy said.
"This is the most abundant element in the world. It is
everywhere," Roy said. "Seeing it burn gives me the
chills."
Roy will meet this week with officials from the
Department of Energy and the Department of Defense to
try to obtain research funding.
The scientists want to find out whether the energy
output from the burning hydrogen — which reached a
heat of more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit — would be
enough to power a car or other heavy machinery.
"We will get our ideas together and check this out and
see where it leads," Roy said. "The potential is
huge."
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