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Old 04-27-2012, 04:45 PM   #165 (permalink)
drmiller100
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I'm not following the disassociation arguments - even if we get the pressure and temp so high water disassociates, it will take energy to do that.

Then when the temps cool slighly as the piston heads down, the hydrogen will "burn" and recombine giving the energy back to the system. When done, that is all a wash.
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