Brown's gas
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Brown's gas (named for its inventor, Yull Brown, a Bulgarian-American inventor) is a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen produced by electrolyzing water.
Brown's Gas possesses both extraordinary properties and scientifically rational properties that are inconsistent and consistent with the laws of physics respectively.
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[edit] Claims that are Inconsistent with the Laws of Physics
- It is claimed to be produced by a "special" electrolysis apparatus needs less energy than can be gained from burning it, making it a building block of a perpetual motion machine. Perpetual motion is a claim that is inconsistent with commonly subscribed laws of physics, and belief in perpetual motion is often ridiculed.
- (Special Note) The use of Brown's Gas in a perpetual motion machine is not being persued by any mainstream authority at this time, and the primary focus of ongoing research is its practical applications that are consistent with the laws of physics.
- It is claimed to behave different than a normal mixture of hydrogen and oxygen (ie. Oxy-Hydrogen).
[edit] Claims that are Consistent with the Laws of Physics
- Brown's Gas is produced from water, therefore it contains a 2 to 1 ratio of Hydrogen versus Oxygen respectively.
- Brown's Gas contains Oxygen, therefore it has oxidative properties.
- Brown's Gas is less dense than atmosphere therefore it will not settle in a closed space and tends to dissipate rapidly.
- Brown's Gas is colorless, and odorless.
- Brown's Gas is stable and will not reform into water without the presence of a PEM or comparable material.
- Brown's Gas is breathable because of its Oxygen content.
- For all practical purposes there is no means of distinguising between Brown's Gas, Rhodes Gas, and HHO; technically it is claimed that molecular distinctions exists, but because they behave in the exact same fashion, distinction is futile without the extablishment of a scientific method that is yet available.
- Distinction between the gases can be achieved by observed its effect when ignited and applied to a material; Brown's Gas, Rhodes Gas, and HHO behave exactly the same, but Oxy-Hydrogen behaves more like a pure hydrogen flame releasing substantial radiant energy.
- Brown's Gas does not emit substantial radiant energy, having a flame temperature of 274 degrees Farenheit; it is claimed that primary viability exists not because of this low flame temperature, but because of an extraordinary phenomena that occurs when it is applied to a material.
- Independant of the controversy between explosion and implosion, Brown's Gas is undeniably combustible.
- Brown's Gas is produced in a common ducted electrolyzer that contains no independant ducting; the hydrogen and oxygen gases, immediately after production, are allowed to be in the presence of one another and build pressure.
- Under certain circumstances it implodes rather than explodes when ignited.
- The volume of gas produced is not in accordance with the volume associated with diatomic oxygen and hydrogen gases.
[edit] Theories
Yull Brown purported that Brown's Gas contains 36 isomers and allotropes of hydrogen and oxygen atoms; this notion has given rise to many theories to attempt explanation of its extraordinary properties.
The most popular theory presented to explain these properties is that Brown's gas contains monatomic hydrogen and oxygen in significant proportions. In particular, monatomic hydrogen and oxygen would burn with a hotter flame because the monatomic form has more energy than the normal diatomic form and this extra energy would be released as heat. There are different explanations for how the monatomic gasses can exist at normal pressure instead of immediately combining (there is no activation energy because there are no bonds to be broken), none of which is fully satisfactory.
An alternative theory proposes that Brown's gas is really a hitherto unknown high-energy gaseous form of water, called "electrically expanded water".
[edit] Criticism
Little substantive information exists that has been produced by mainstream authorities, directly leading to much confusion and the creation of inflated stereotypes.
Skeptics point out that there is no solid evidence for any of these unusual properties, and suggest that all these observations of unusual properties are bad science. This mixture of oxygen and hydrogen would be dangerously explosive.
[edit] External links
Promotional:
- What is Brown's gas?, from Eagle-Research, Inc., a company owned by George Wiseman of Oroville, WA, which sells "Brown's gas technology"
- [http://www.waterfuelconverters.com The Water/Fuel Converters Project. The premier Brown's Gas information source created by Noah Seidman from Hofstra University on Long Island in NY state.
- Hydrogen Technology Applications, Inc. Manufacturer of Brown's Gas generators. They own the Aquygen trademark.
- BrownsGas.com A convenient directory and information portal providing a listing of all companies worldwide working with Brown's Gas technologies
Critical:
- Brown's gas from Philadelpha Association of Critical Thinking, a skeptic organization
- MuseumOfHoaxes.com's article regarding Brown's gas
