I love this picture....It is what's in my head when I read stuff like this.
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Originally Posted by orion411
What you're not considering is that the plasma takes for example 72 elements and reforms them into 13 lighter elements. What happens when you split a heavy atom into smaller lighter atoms? You get more volume of a cleaner more volatile fuel. Like for example hydrogen.
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Chemistry 101 Orion. Elements are comprised of atoms which have a unique number of protons in their nuclei. All Hydrogen atoms have 1 proton in the nucleus, Helium 2 protons, Lithium 3 Protons, the main ones we really like are the afore mentioned Hydrogen, Carbon with 6, Nitrogen with 7, and Oxygen with 8. Now, it is possible to have odd numbers of neutrons in the nucleus of atoms, these are called "Isotopes". Here's the deal with Gasoline and Air, there are 4 elements involved in 99% of what gets dumped into an engine, they are Nitrogen and Oxygen which makes up 99% of the air, and Hydrogen and Carbon which make up 99% of the gasoline, if Ethanol is added, its formula is C2H6O, or again, Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen.
Ya with me so far? 4 Elements big boy, that's it, Not 72, If you wanna start counting some odd trace elements of Helium, Argon, & such we could, but trust me when I say, they aren't significant...at all.
Now, these things get all mixed up and compressed in the engine and create combustion which makes the gas heat and expand pushing down on the piston. That's what it's all about, plain and simple.
These are indisputable facts here. Google yer butt off trying to find something that says otherwise and I'd love to read it, but you'll have to sort through a whole mountain of data and information that says exactly what I'm saying, except in more detail.
Now when you say:
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Originally Posted by orion411
and reforms them into 13 lighter elements. What happens when you split a heavy atom into smaller lighter atoms? You get more volume of a cleaner more volatile fuel. Like for example hydrogen.
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It makes me think that you're out and out screwing with us. You do realize that splitting heavy atoms into smaller lighter ones is the very definition of
Nuclear Fission. So when you say this, you're telling us that you have figured out a way to harness atomic power and make it work on the intake of an internal combustion engine.
I'm not even going to go into the details of why this is crazy talk, it would certainly be lost on you.
This has now gone from try and educate Orion, to, what the frack is he gonna say next.
Do continue to entertain us.