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Hydrogen can be extracted from water via a chemical process, without electrolysis.

This is not a far-fetched idea, but rather a fact, which does not fly in the face of Physics or Chemistry at the practical, doable, and proven levels.

The process of how to separating Hydrogen from the Oxygen in water “Chemically” has been known for 50 or more years. IBM developed it in the early 1960’s.

Finding a way to do it practically with cost effective resources has been the hard part.

Recently there have been major developments in this arena by Purdue University.

“Purdue University has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water, “On Demand” for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace gasoline.”



Here is a link to one of the many articles available on this topic. (Do a google search on “Purdue Hydrogen” if you would like to read more).

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070515WoodallHydrogen.html


This is an interesting article to read for those who have an interest in this topic.

The Purdue Process is a pure chemical process, which requires Water, Aluminum and the rare earth element “Gallium”.

The Purdue University Process of separating the Hydrogen from water has been validated by 32 other research universities and has now be licensed to a “For Profit” company to develop commercial applications.

It’s going to be interesting to see where this Purdue University development goes in the market place.

Time will tell I suppose.

Have a great day,

Frank