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Farmer-Rick

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10. Gallium and aluminium?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 07:37 AM

Aug 2022

Pure Gallium will melt in your hands if you hold it long enough.

But this below bodes well for reducing metal extraction costs and energy usage.

"It is easily obtained by smelting, however, and most commercial gallium is extracted as a byproduct of aluminum and zinc production."

https://www.livescience.com/29476-gallium.html

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Clean Fuel Breakthrough Turns Water Into Hydrogen at Room Temperature [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2022 OP

So good to get promising news!!! Karadeniz Aug 2022 #1

No energy input, he says? intrepidity Aug 2022 #2

Yes, very deceitful. Maybe "less energy input". Ferrets are Cool Aug 2022 #3

Apparently you can get the nanoparticles from simple manual mixing JHB Aug 2022 #5

Quick! Have the Koch's buy/bury the technology.... rubbersole Aug 2022 #4

Um, it takes a lot of electricity and high temperatures to refine aluminum. hunter Aug 2022 #6

It would be helpful for you to cite your statements as they conflict with what the article says. honest.abe Aug 2022 #8

In essence this system burns aluminum. hunter Aug 2022 #11

This appears to be a major breakthrough. honest.abe Aug 2022 #7

Sorry but the laws of thermodynamics still apply. NNadir Aug 2022 #9

Gallium and aluminium? Farmer-Rick Aug 2022 #10

This is 100% known chemistry, with a bullshit headline claiming "breakthrough". eppur_se_muova Aug 2022 #12