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Post by etypephil on Oct 31, 2017 5:32:43 GMT
I understand the facts of catalysts, although I am a little hazy on the how; can anyone explain the theory of the following to the eternal sceptic: www.ftcdirect.com/how.htmlperhaps, more importantly, does anyone have first hand practical experience of this, or any similar products, good, bad, or inconclusive? |
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Post by OzFTypeS on Oct 31, 2017 8:18:12 GMT
I don't know anything about this product but it seems like snake oil to me.
On one hand they say they have been going for nearly 20 years, and on the other hand they say (several times) "no-one knows why it works".
Surely after nearly 20 years several chemists would/should have studied and analysed it in quite some detail to determine exactly how and why it "works".
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Post by etypephil on Oct 31, 2017 9:18:20 GMT
I don't know anything about this product but it seems like snake oil to me. On one hand they say they have been going for nearly 20 years, and on the other hand they say (several times) "no-one knows why it works". Surely after nearly 20 years several chemists would/should have studied and analysed it in quite some detail to determine exactly how and why it "works". My thoughts exactly, but I like to keep an open mind, until I know for certain, one way or the other. |
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Post by OzFTypeS on Oct 31, 2017 10:15:03 GMT
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Post by jim2jags on Oct 31, 2017 22:33:33 GMT
As an industrial chemist of over 30 years, although that is now in a previous life, I have operated several processes that relied on catalysis. Reading this article, there are many inconsistencies with how catalysts are normally prepared and used. Although I can see some rational basis for some of the reasons they put forward, how they might improve combustion by absorbing and removing impurities from storage of fuels, this would be an absorption or filtration process, not catalysis.
My professional opinion having read the article carefully, is that they are confusing two or three genuine chemical effects in order effectively to blind people with science. I think it is extremely unlikely that any form of catalytic reaction could be obtained from adding lumps of 'metal alloy' to your fuel tank, particularly at ambient temperature.
Catalytic reactions in my experience, only take place at elevated temperatures and often under pressure.
There was a similar claim a while back that strapping a magnet round your fuel line improved economy, with similar vague and woolly claims about the phenomenon.
Still, some people claim wearing copper bracelets reduce Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, so who really knows?
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Post by etypephil on Nov 1, 2017 6:09:17 GMT
Thanks Kim and Jim. The PistonHeads discussion, if a little heated, raised a valid point which I had not considered; that a catalyst is present, but takes no active part in a chemical reaction, thus since no chemical reaction is taking place in the fuel tank, the claims are an enormous quantity of elderly spherical male reproductive objects. QED. I'll stick with, over-boring, stroking, gas flowing, increasing volumetric efficiency, re-mapping and weight loss (mine and the car's) to improve performance.  |
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