Friday, February 20, 2009

Chemical car?


I found a short video of a group of students making a car move with just carbon dioxide, though not really what i expected, but still an idea. Enjoy.

We shall post the research here.

Fuel power sources
1) I found out that hydrogen peroxide maybe able to power our car. For more information. please visit http://www.scribd.com/full/2319387?access_key=key-2km6gewjc9jpdn6jfyjh
2) Potassium oxide might be able as it would react violently with the atmosphere to produce a lot of water and it is highly dangerous as it is toxic and corrosive to human tissue. (Most likely not to be used. Even in atmosphere, there would be a reaction). So far its only 2, i'll try to find more.
3) Sodium and cold water can produce violent reactions. Some small flames may be produce but it should be safe to be conducted.
4) We can use vinegar and baking soda. To make it work, we can put some vinegar into a container and some baking soda in a tissue paper, throw it inside and close it immedialtely. Shake it a bit so that the tissue paper get soaked and crumbles as the vinegar reacts with the baking soda. The reaction would occur and it creates a lot of gas inside. If released, the carbon-dioxide would rush out and that might be able to power the car.

1 Comments:

Blogger Mr Lincoln Shen said...

Explore about hydrogen peroxide. It may be a little corrosive but as long as we take precautions it will be safe. Find out how the peroxide produces gas, and what can increase the gas formation.
Potassium oxide and sodium are too dangerous, we shall not try them at all.
Baking soda and vinegar is worth trying too!
Any updates on the vehicle design?

February 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM  

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