Ortho Hydrogen and Para Hydrogen

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abador
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Project Question: Could you please tell me about para hydrogen and ortho hydrogen?
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Ortho Hydrogen and Para Hydrogen

Post by abador »

I recently acquired a plan for a hydrogen generator that produces and compresses the oxygen and hydrogen gasses in the same chamber, the gasses are compressed to about 65psi. According to my research, compressing these two gasses can cause an explosion as they rebond. The hydrogen generator also converts the hydrogen into para hydrogen after it is produced using low frequency waves. Does para hydrogen have different properties when it comes to compressing it with oxygen than ortho hydrogen? In my research I have found that para hydrogen is produced naturally in it's liquid form but I have not heard of this happening by way of low frequency waves. Is it possible to do? Any information you can provide on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your time and have a great day.
davidkallman
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Re: Ortho Hydrogen and Para Hydrogen

Post by davidkallman »

Hi abador,

I'm not sure if this post answers your questions, but hopefully, it will provide some useful background.

The webpage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_isomers_of_hydrogen gives the wikipedia entry that contains information on orthohydrogen and parahydrogen.

The webpage http://www.answers.com/topic/hydrogen?cat=technology provides information about hydrogen including orthohydrogen and parahydrogen.
Cheers!

Dave
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