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SAZAR
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How silly is this?
Catalysts work as sort of small chemical reactors -
they react with molecule of substance one and then the molecule of substance two is brought in the reaction
so those two can react now creating one or more new molecules as a final result
and also, by the way, leaving the catalyst unchanged - right?
Now - imagine a catalyst that takes in H2O and anything abundant (from the atmosphere) - say N2, so at room temperature it turns
H2O and N2
into
H2 and N2O (a laughing gas) :D
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So - what are the thoughts on that? First: how much is such reaction discussed at all - I don't know?
Is it really possible to make such catalyst? (I mean the benefits of such chemical reaction are obvious - H2 can be used as fuel and N2O is a powerful oxidizer - those two could power vehicles and stuff...)
Catalysts work as sort of small chemical reactors -
they react with molecule of substance one and then the molecule of substance two is brought in the reaction
so those two can react now creating one or more new molecules as a final result
and also, by the way, leaving the catalyst unchanged - right?
Now - imagine a catalyst that takes in H2O and anything abundant (from the atmosphere) - say N2, so at room temperature it turns
H2O and N2
into
H2 and N2O (a laughing gas) :D
---
So - what are the thoughts on that? First: how much is such reaction discussed at all - I don't know?
Is it really possible to make such catalyst? (I mean the benefits of such chemical reaction are obvious - H2 can be used as fuel and N2O is a powerful oxidizer - those two could power vehicles and stuff...)