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Old 03-March-2008, 07:57 AM
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Yes! Surprisingly, it doesn't take water ice to produce water. It is possible to get water from minerals through electrical discharges, see for example here and here.


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The articles are talking about an artificial fluidised-bed reactor using plasma derived from high concentrations of atomic hydrogen. In the environment of a comet can you indicate what rate of water production you would expect to see within the EU comet model? Is it sufficient to generate the tail? It is only fair to ask you this as this has been done for the conventional model regarding surface ice.