Re: [Amc-list] My Two Cents on Hydrogen etc

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

On 6/15/2008 12:31 PM, stover@xxxxxxxxxxxx spouted this sage advice:
<snip>
>    I'll need to research cracking hydrogen from oil, yet that looks to put us
> right back to deriving energy, albeit a "second party"- result, from a source
> that depletes. Once you derive the hydrogen from the oil- I suppose the oil
> still can be used for some purpose- but I can't see how you'd re-derive the
> hydrogen from the oil. Also, what form ( state- gas/fluid/solid ) is hydrogen
> found other than "cracking" molecules?
</snip>

Steve,

My guess is that the hydrogen would be released as a gas. A quick search 
found that it's a liquid at -423.17F and its melting point is -434.45F. 
I don't think the cooling towers at refineries can get anywhere near 
that cold.

Matt
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