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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

"ENERGY: Water-fueled engine appears on the horizon"

An EE professor at Purdue University has found a way to produce hydrogen that replaces the need for gasoline by mixing water with beads of an aluminum-gallium alloy. The discovery could lead to engines that essentially burn water, instead of gasoline, since the gallium is not consumed in the reaction and the aluminum can be recycled. Purdue has patented the process and has issued an exclusive license for it to an Indiana startup company, AlGalCo LLC.
Text: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199601111