.... on a side note, our blood (human blood, if everyone here is human!)
contains roughly the same proportion of salt per given volume as sea water ...

John

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:50:03 -0700, John Smith wrote:

Michael:

Chlorine and sodium a BIG problem? The temperatures involved in
separating the base elements, sodium and chlorine, from sea water are not
found during the extraction of hydrogen and oxygen. Indeed, you would
have to take the salt byproduct (sodium chloride) and melt it using
carbon-graphite electrodes and ending up with chlorine gas and the sodium
metal.

What, now we must suffer your pseudo-science in chemistry? Having you
generate further false "facts?" And, forcing me into the part of a
"troll" as I attempt to correct falsehoods being perpetrated on those
challenged in the knowledge of chemistry?

John

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:07:38 -0400, Michael Coslo wrote:

wrote:

Michael Coslo wrote:

What are the byproducts of converting seawater to hydrogen and oxygen?


Mostly salt.

Hey Jim, I forgot to mention Sodium hydroxide as well as Chlorine. While
we often purposefully generate Cl via hydrolysis, the amounts that would
be generated by hydrogen fuel production on a national scale would be
an immense problem.

- Mike KB3EIA -