For less than a year, our experimental studies at SKTB Catalyst LLC continued. The main objective of this stage was to confirm the results of decomposition of hydrogen sulfide at room temperature on metal catalysts previously obtained at the Catalysis Institute with the production of hydrogen and diatomic gaseous sulfur. For a very short time, the installation was put into operation, on which previously obtained results on the decomposition of hydrogen sulfide were reproduced. Moreover, a fundamentally new catalytic system was developed, which later received the conventional name “Start-1”, which in its characteristics significantly surpasses all our known catalytic systems.

However, the main obstacle to the continuation of the research was an incredible experimental fact that we discovered: hydrogen, as the target product of the decomposition of hydrogen sulfide, was detected on the Test-1 hydrogen analyzer in very small quantities, significantly less than what the reaction stoichiometry required. To the best of our ability, we tried to convince the management of SKTB of the need for scientific research requiring additional funding, but in vain. Since SKTB is a commercial structure, the unforeseen costs for conducting basic research have become an overwhelming and risky financial burden for SKTB, therefore, further continuation of work in this direction was considered inappropriate.

Due to the fact that the prospect of the revival of experimental studies on the low-temperature decomposition of hydrogen sulfide in the Siberian region is very illusive (recall that the chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is Parmon), it was decided to publish in the public domain a hypothesis about the possible interaction of atomic hydrogen generated in situ of decomposition of hydrogen sulfide on solid catalysts, with chemically very inert molecules – argon, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. To prove (or refute) this hypothesis, fundamental research is required involving the most modern experimental base and theoretical calculation methods. Therefore, I appeal to the progressive layers of the scientific community, and I really hope for help and support from commercial structures.

H2Ar-HydrogenArgonide-Startsev DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10096.81920

I am ready to share all my knowledge and accumulated experience to solve the tasks.