Re: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-04 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jul 3, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:40:41 -0700: Hi, [snip] Good points made by Michel and Horace, as I was heavily influenced in this thought (at the time I read the Paynter paper) by the Graneau work. IMO, it's

Re: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-04 Thread Horace Heffner
I wrote: I wish I could take credit for being right (it certainly seldom happens at home here!) 8^) However, when it comes to the Graneaus I really just don't understand how their theories work. I also haven't gone to the expense of buying their books or papers, so the blame lays

Re: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-03 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:40:41 -0700: Hi, [snip] Good points made by Michel and Horace, as I was heavily influenced in this thought (at the time I read the Paynter paper) by the Graneau work. Even now, I am not sure whether their assertion is wrong or right, but

[Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-02 Thread Jones Beene
Free energy schemes are a dime a dozen these days Here's my 2 cents worth for near-Independence-Day (energy independence). Perhaps someone can raise the ante to a dime. The water dimer consists of two water molecules loosely bound by a hydrogen bond. It is the smallest water cluster

Re: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-02 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jul 2, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Jones Beene wrote: The bond does have net extractable energy which can be replenished easily by exposure to sunlight. In fact - it would seem from the experiments, that by just breaking this bond in humid air, as much as 4,000 cal/mol of energy is released.

Re: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-02 Thread Michel Jullian
but we don't really know to what extent, they haven't delivered yet. Michel - Original Message - From: Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 5:30 PM Subject: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer Free energy schemes are a dime a dozen these days

Re: [Vo]:The H2O Dimer

2007-07-02 Thread Jones Beene
Good points made by Michel and Horace, as I was heavily influenced in this thought (at the time I read the Paynter paper) by the Graneau work. Even now, I am not sure whether their assertion is wrong or right, but the same general idea of the bond formation process absorbing energy is also