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This is no Catalyst

motorola1

Jul 18, 2006, 7:40 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalyst »

"a substance that decreases the activation energy of a chemical reaction (see also catalysis) without itself being changed at the end of the chemical reaction."
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Carlx

Jul 19, 2006, 10:07 AM
There is at least one catalyst involved in the fuel cell, but that is on the outgoing end. There may be a catalyst involved in the hydrogen separation, but of course as you noted it's not the thing getting used up.

But even if there is a catalyst involved, the news story is stupid. The Phonescoop summary is worded in a dumber way in my opinion, but however it's worded it's stupid to mention a catalyst being used for a reaction without mentioning anything else. That's like inventing the automobile and saying the transmission makes it go without telling anyone about how it needs gasoline. Cool, a carriage powered by gears!

Also, the user has to replace the transmission every day, but the gas tank is sealed and the car must be thrown ...
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