Hi David,
I said it was a very basic description. The photosynthetic reaction is very complex. It involves more molecules than CO2 and H2O.
Sunshine at the Earth's surface does not pop any protons (hydrogen nucleii) off of any molecules, hydrogen dioxide or otherwise. To strip a hydrogen atom off of a water molecule requires more energy density than 1kW/m^2 of photon energy. Or, it requires catalysts like adenosine diphosphate (ADP). Chemical reactions, making and breaking of chemical bonds just changes the way atoms share electrons. A water molecule H2O, still has 18 protons and 18 electrons. Ionized molecules lose or gain electrons, but they do NOT lose or gain protons and neutrons.
Some of your views on what actually occurs in photosynthesis are not the same as what I had learned or now find in any literature on the subject . Some of the things you say are the first I have ever heard of with regard to the photosynthetic reaction in plants.
Please look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis> for a good description on what is considered the more scientifically accepted view on what occurs in photosynthesis. I'm sorry, but this is my reference, simplistic as it is.
Regards,
SKB
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Photosynthesis is (very basically)
6(CO2) + 6(H2O) + light photons => C6H12O6 + 6(O2)
Plants convert light energy into chemical energy.
a bit too simplistic. actually, plants use four photons of sunshine to pop four hydrogens off two water molecules, splitting the hydrogens into four electrons and four protons. this is accomplished by a five step water splitting cycle. so, plants use water as their source for hydrogen fuel, and sunshine is the spark used to release and ignite the hydrogen energy. similarly, we burn hydrocarbons in our engines, but we need an electric spark (or heat and compression) to ignite hydrocarbons and release their energy.
this photosynthetic magic is achieved because of the presence certain metallic minerals, including magnesium, manganese and calcium. the metals provide electromagnetic charge centers to focus and transfer charges in a stepped cascade of electron orbital valences. the metals also select a particular frequency band for these reactions to take place in synchrony.
the four hydrogens (electrons & protons) then power the cellular, molecular machinery to capture CO2 and combine it with water to synthesize carbohydrates. this also requires specific minerals and trace elements to center the electromagnetic charges in proper stepped cascades of transfer and reaction. the metals are classic catalysts that facilitate charge transfers without actually becoming bonded. one of my favorite in this process is cobalt, which is magnetic, and carries electron rich sugar molecules through the cell and plant sap to other parts of the plant.
we still have a lot to learn about this entire photosynthetic charge complex and its atomic interactions. another o my fascinations about this photosynthetic reaction complex is the role of water -- over 70 water molecules are someow entangled in this entire molecular dance, aside from water's role as the source of those four hydrogens and a raw material for carbohydrate synthesis.
just last week, a news release declared that a PA cancer researcher trying to desalinate sea water discovered that beaming radio frequency electromagnetic energy into sea water will pop the hydrogens off water molecules and ignite the water. careful selection of the right frequency and polarity of that radio wave energy will boost the efficiency of this hydrolysis, as well as the inclusion of the proper metallic trae elements in the water and electrodes. considering how much sea water there is on the earth, this sounds like the ultimate fuel.
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