sci.physics.electromag

"Bill Miller" wrote
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>> "Bill Miller" wrote
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>>> OK... but Hydrogen, in a gaseous state is just H. I see no chemical
>>> reaction here at all.
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>> Hydrogen, in a gaseous state is H2 like N2, O2 and so on. The rest of
>> necessary information you can pick up from:
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>> /wiki/Catalyst
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>>> Also, WHY does the mere presence of Pt in Hydrogen lead to an exothermal
>>> phenomenon? In other words, where does the heat (and light!) come from?
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>> 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O
>> The mere presence of Pt makes that this reaction starts at room
>> temperature.
>> S*
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> Hello S*...
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> Thanks for the Wikipedia suggestion

Sorry but after yours "Hydrogen, in a gaseous state is just H" I assumed
that it will be helpful. This is shorter:
/services/lecturedemo/info/

>but this does not answer the question that I am asking. And Dave's multiple
>hits on the Google search for "Adsorption, Platinum Igniter" are mostly
>"partial" hits that do not deal with my question. Google Scholar provides
>some peer-reviewed work but no apparent answer to the question I am asking.
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> I am not inquiring about the Catalytic conversion of 2H2 and O2 into
> Water, nor what happens when Pt is mixed with a variety of gases that are
> rich in H2. This is a well known (if not well-understood) phenomenon.
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> I am interested in what happens when Pt is in the presence of ONLY
> Hydrogen.
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> When Pt is immersed in H2 (only), it appears that the Pt gets Very Hot.

That " it appears". Where can we read about this? H and Pt make something
like alloy. May be that heat of solution is high.

> I am interested in what is going on to cause Pt to emit IR and Visible
> light EM radiation when in the presence of hydrogen gas and ONLY hydrogen
> gass.
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> No catalytic conversion. No chemical reaction. Just Platinum and Hydrogen.
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> This *must* have been studied,

Before study "must* have been done a description of the phenomenon. Can
anybody help?

> but all I have been able to find is anecdotal information: (it gets hot)

"hot" is closee to warm, not to Visible light EM

>or discussions of how this phenomenon can be used to light cigars, ignte
>various gases that contain hydrogen, and (occasionally) blow things up.

It seems that there was the oxygen.
S*