HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM DECOMPOSITION OF WATER BY MEANS OF NUCLEAR REACTOR HEAT.

Abstract

A closed cycle process is described for the production of hydrogen from water by means of nuclear heat. The following steps are needed: dissolution of metal, preferable Ag, in hydrohalogenic acids; transformation of the silver halide into silver and oxygen by means of alkaline hydroxides; splitting the alkaline halide into the basic and acid components by a chemical reaction or by electrolysis. A critical discussion, however, shows that at present the question can not be answered whether this process can be realized in practice.