In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:20:15 -0400: Hi, [snip] >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=481996&in_page_id=1965 > >http://snipurl.com/1qs74 > >"The system - developed by scientists at a firm called Ecowatts in a >nondescript laboratory on an industrial estate at Lancing, West Sussex >- involves passing an electrical current through a mixture of water, >potassium carbonate (otherwise known as potash) and a secret liquid >catalyst, based on chrome." > ><more>
The sum of the first three ionization energies of Chrome is 54.22 eV. 4 x 13.598 = 54.39. Close enough for gumint work. IOW the Cr could easily be a Mills catalyst. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
