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Old 01-09-2009, 12:48 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Okay. I was thinking that the O2 in CO2 would separate during combustion, but you are saying that won't happen. That makes sense since that's already one of the emissions of combustion.

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Carlos - let me say this - I'm no chemist, by any means, so I won't say that it absolutely CAN'T happen...

I will say that afaik, it shouldn't happen, b/c in order for the compounds to separate, the O2 would have to have something to bond to during the combustion process, and since most of the O2 at that point (running lean) will just be extra compounds that have no "match" so to speak - that shouldn't happen.
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