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Hatching Hydrogen

Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30

Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cleaner burning fuel, hydrogen, while they're at it. Read the full description.
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Inlay2_small Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cleaner burning fuel, hydrogen, while they're at it. It starts by combining a gasified fossil fuel like coal with water to create carbon monoxide gas. Then, they combine this gas with water...

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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cleaner burning fuel, hydrogen, while they're at it. It starts by combining a gasified fossil fuel like coal with water to create carbon monoxide gas. Then, they combine this gas with water...

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