A radical steam-trap

David Jones

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6655, 22-22

Abstract: The usefulness of electrolysis is limited because the electrodes are susceptible to attack by discharging ions. Daedalus wonders whether red-hot steam covered electrodes are the answer. Electrons would be able to travel through the steam but the electrodes would be resistant to attack by discharging ions. Better still these ions, when converted to their free radical forms, will turn their attack on contaminants in water, making steam electrolysis the answer to water purification.

Date: 1997
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