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Old 12-13-2010, 08:11 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tf4624 View Post
Sorry for the missunderstanding, what is ment above is that you have to implode the water molecule in such a way that you release the potential energy by destroying the atom
Your spelling as well as your understanding of atoms and molecules seems to be somewhat lacking.

Water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. Electrolysis separates the hydrogen from the oxygen.

A liter of hydrogen gas contains the same amount of energy as 1.5 wooden matches when they are lit.

The process of breaking down the water molecule into the three separate atoms that constitute the molecule consumes more energy than you can recover by igniting and recombining the three back into water. Even if you could break them down with no energy loss whatsoever (impossible) then the higher residual temperature of the water after your process was complete would mean you would not recover all of the heat energy of recombination.

Study Carnot's Laws of energy conversion and maybe you will understand why you are suggesting the impossible, like spinning a wheel on an axle and it would speed up instead of slowing down.

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