Salt water as fuel? Erie man hopes so

For obvious reasons, scientists long have thought that salt water couldn't be burned.So when an Erie man announced he'd ignited salt water with the radio-frequency generator he'd invented, some thought it a was a hoax.John Kanzius, a Washington County native, tried to desalinate seawater with a generator he developed to treat cancer, and it caused a flash in the test tube.Within days, he had the salt water in the test tube burning like a candle, as long as it was exposed to radio frequencies.His discovery has spawned scientific interest in using the world's most abundant substance as clean fuel, among other uses.

Salt water as fuel? Erie man hopes so

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