Claims
- 1. A method to augment a physical catalyst in a chemical reaction system with a spectral catalyst comprising the steps of:
a) determining an electromagnetic spectral pattern of said physical catalyst; b) duplicating at least one frequency of said electromagnetic spectral pattern of step (a) with at least one electromagnetic energy emitter source; c) exposing said chemical reaction system to said at least one frequency of said duplicated electromagnetic spectral pattern thereby augmenting said physical catalyst.
- 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said physical catalyst is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, metal oxides and metal sulfides.
- 3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said electromagnetic spectral pattern is determined by spectroscopy methods.
- 4. The method according to claim 11 wherein said chemical reaction system is irradiated with said electromagnetic spectral pattern having frequencies ranging from about radio frequency to about ultraviolet frequency.
- 5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said frequency is in the visible light range.
- 6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said physical catalyst is an enzyme.
- 7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said physical catalyst is introduced into said chemical reaction prior to irradiation with said spectral catalyst.
- 8. The method according to claim 3 wherein said spectroscopy is a member selected from the group consisting of x-ray, ultraviolet, microwave, infrared, atomic absorption, flame emissions, atomic emissions, inductively coupled plasma, DC argon plasma, arc-source emission, spark-source emission, high resolution laser and Raman.
- 9. The method according to claim 1 wherein said physical catalyst is a member selected from the group consisting of silver, platinum, platinum oxide, nickel, palladium, rhodium, copper, ruthenium and iron.
- 10. The method according to claim 1 wherein said electromagnetic energy source is at least one laser.
- 11. The method according to claim 11 wherein said physical catalyst is introduced to said chemical reaction system subsequent to irradiating said system with said spectral catalyst.
- 12. The method according to claim 11 wherein said physical catalyst is introduced to said chemical reaction system and irradiating said system with said spectral catalyst is substantially simultaneous.
- 13. A method for augmenting a physical catalyst in a chemical reaction comprising the following steps of:
a) duplicating at least one frequency of an electromagnetic spectral pattern of said physical catalyst; and b) exposing said chemical reaction system to said at least one frequency of said duplicated electromagnetic spectral pattern in a sufficient amount to augment said physical catalyst.
- 14. The method according to claim 13 wherein said at least one frequency of said electromagnetic spectral pattern is a harmonic frequency of said electromagnetic spectral pattern of said augmented physical catalyst.
- 15. The method according to claim 13 wherein said at least one frequency copies a mechanism of action of said augmented physical catalyst.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/098,883 filed Jun. 17, 1998 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/049,910 filed Jun. 18, 1997.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60049910 |
Jun 1997 |
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Divisions (1)
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09098883 |
Jun 1998 |
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09460025 |
Dec 1999 |
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Continuations (1)
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09919679 |
Aug 2001 |
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