Re: A visit to Iceland spurs dreams of a hydrogen future

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:55:08 -0400, "G. R. L. Cowan"
<gcowan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hatunen wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:34:54 -0400, "G. R. L. Cowan"
>> <gcowan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Surely he has already adequately explained that --
>> >"in a methane atmosphere ... when you have oxygen,
>> >you can get energy".
>>
>> That doesn't make oxygen an "energy carrier"; an "energy
>> releaser" maybe.
>>
>> >What lithium can do in such an atmosphere is either of
>> >these:
>> >
>> > 10 Li + 2 CH4 ---> 8 LiH + Li2C2
>> > 4 Li + CH4 ---> 4 LiH + C
>> >
>> >Certainly exothermic, exactly how much so is left as an
>> >exercise.
>>
>> I would love to read more about these reactions, which assume the
>> disassociation of methane in the presense of lithium and a
>> reaction with lithium. All I can find online thus far is cases of
>> lithium used as a catalyst for methane reactions. Could you give
>> me a URL?
>
>Probably not for these specific reactions --
>or this one, which keeps gas mole count constant
>
> CH4 + 2 Li ---> C + H2 + 2 LiH
>
>-- since we don't live in a methane atmosphere,
>don't have lithium-generating power stations,
>and don't have limitless curiosity in re hypothetical
>situations.

You keep posting reactions involving lithium and the various
components of methane; I'm trying to find a reference that those
are actually possible reactions, and under what conditions.

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