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Article: A way to make [H.sub.2] and [O.sub.2] from water without electrolysis.(Chementator)
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- Chemical Engineering
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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Oharai Research Establishment of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI; Oharai, Japan; jaeri.go.jp) claims to be the first group to continuously produce hydrogen and oxygen by the so-called IS process, a non-electrochemical method to split water using iodine and sulfur dioxide. First proposed by General Atomics (San Diego, Calif.), the IS process follows a three-step mechanism, resulting in the net reaction: [H.sub.2]O [right arrow] [H.sub.2] + 1/2[0.sub.2]. Until now, only the individual steps of the non-electrochemical mechanism have been performed, says JAERI.
JAERI has performed the complete IS process, continuously producing 35 L/h of [H.sub.2]. In ...