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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: Ed Ajootian who wrote (49700)9/22/2005 10:43:45 PM
From: schrodingers_cat  Read Replies (3) of 206113
 
I'm 99% sure this is is scam. Ultrasound has never found a big application in chemistry, although a few scientists seem to have studied the possibility.

There is a phenomemon called sonoluminescence. High frequency sound waves (ultrasound) can create tiny vapor bubbles in water, and when those bubbles implode temperatures in a small region at the center of the implosion can reach thousands (some say millions) of degrees Celsius. This produces a faint blue light. Some have speculated that this might be a way to make nuclear fusion work. At present it remains a laboratory curiosity.

I'm not sure this would work in oil, and while it might possibly speed up the reaction a little you are still going to need hydrogen to supply the energy to remove the sulphur by bonding to it, creating hydrogen sulphide gas which can then be readily separated from the liquids. The result would be no real cost reduction. I don't think it would be possible to remove the hydrogen from water.

Chemistry aside, there are a couple of other things that bother me about the website. They are claiming too much for their process, and it all strikes me as too good to be true. Did you notice that the "inventor" has his brother involved in the company? Finally I wonder if Chevron has ever really heard of this company, and what exactly their relationship is?
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