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Anyone know what some "bigger picture" uses of this would be? It seems significant, but I'm not a chemist. Energy sources, desalination, etc?
by knowaveragejoe 9y ago
Anyone know what some "bigger picture" uses of this would be? It seems significant, but I'm not a chemist. Energy sources, desalination, etc?
- maxerickson 9y agoShort term it doesn't matter. Long term it makes it more viable to replace oil and other hydrocarbons used in industrial processes with energy, air and water.
- badosu 9y agoOne direct application would be more efficient ways to generate fuel for Hydrogen vehicles [0]. It would also be essential for mining fuel from asteroids or gas giant's moons as ice is not so rare, improving the sustainability of space operations. Hydrogen itself has a pretty big specific impulse, it's just not used more often than Kerosene for rockets due to safety issues. If you could achieve Metallic Hydrogen [1][2] then you would have the perfect fuel for navigating the solar system. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_hydrogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_hydrogen [2]: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/215/1/012194/meta http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/215/1/01...