ALASKASTAR AND HIS DESIGN

[Jebus]

What are everyones thoughts on Alaskastar and his design? Has anyone tried to reproduce it? And/or has anyone had any luck in figuring anything out? Anything on the subject(s) welcome.

[GarbageMan]

My brain is like a golf ball driven in a tile bathroom with this.... I need to settle on one part. I'm trying to work it backwards:
If it's a balanced reaction and we end up with Nso4 and water then where did the N come from? In the coating, the catalyist, or in the solution. If the solution is (or becomes) H2So4 (remember this was for emergency use in vehicles so I'm figuring it's kind of a one shot deal and it might be better to "make" the sulfuric than to have a tank of it sloshing around), then what made the H2So4? Well, if the coating on the catalyist, then probably a solid or powder that's pressed/applied?
So... need a material that makes sulfuric and maybe has a Nitrogen in there somewhere. Only thing I found as of yet is Sulfamic acid:
NH2HSO3 + HNO2 ---> H2SO4 + H2O + N2
That HNO2 part might already be in solution. Then the sulfuric reacts with the metal catalyist and.........H2?
Just a tangent my brain took off on.......
Other thoughts.. what if the metals were already shorted? I mean, single cell/tank, then you drop in a compressed brillo/SOS pad except the soap was something else? Big S/A, small space, simple.
Also, Selenium conducts electricity better when light shines on it. Control mechanism?
One more... Phosphoric acid anion- check out the heat of formation and it sure likes to give up H's.
My brain hurts........

[Cryptonic26]

Something that crossed my mind earlier.

If the metals can be directly shorted while submerged in this electrolyte solution...

Why not use powders? Yea, just mix them all up, and dump them in.
wouldnt that create millions of tiny shorted cells?

Now we'er talking about large surface area!

For that matter, why stop at just two metals? get some complex reactions going in there and record your results.

Also, what if you placed a waterproof electromagnetic coil in the middle of this slush, and pulsed a current through there. If the metals are conductive, they will glean a charge from the pulse, the charge will collapse, and an electric current should be produced through the metals.

bump up the frequency, dissasociate the water while you're at it?

Just some ideas.

[mrgalleria]

Following the suggestions outlined by Alaskastar, I have had the following results: First- 13 oz. water, 2 1/2 oz. sulphic acid (flow easy drain cleaner), 6 tablespoons lime (Ace multi purpose hydrated lime). This solution by itself bubbles a lot.
Two electrodes- both stainless or if you intend to keep adding current, I suggest copper for the negetive pole (copper does nothing on the positive side). Avoid aluminum and lead. Steel can be used in place of copper with almost as good results. I tried adding 30 volts, then 12 but it was too much. The solution is highly conductive? Then I found one C cell energizer- 1.5 volts, worked fine.
Add the current. You will see the positive side bubble good and little on the negative if you use stainless, but a lot if you use copper. Now when you disconnect the current or reverse the current you will see that the positive electrode remains energized- even if you remove it and replace it back into the solution.
This seems to me like a cascade effect.

[mrgalleria]

As a side note- my first solution contained coloidal lead, coloidal aluminum, and perlite. These provided no benefitual result.

[Dan Dan]

good job mrgalleria. did you notice any other products/by-products other than hydrogen? when I experimented with AL+NAOH+H2O i got a nasty NAOH and water steam, along with aluminum oxide. Thats why i prefer using electric means, rather than chemical, because of all of the nasty chemicals and byproducts. but for the most part, chemicals seem to get better results. so it might not be that bad if hydrogen is the only product.