Salt water electrolysis with radio waves?

[empirical madness]

No, this is not a topic about obtaining sodium. A man by the name of Bob Boyce claims to have turned salt water into fuel by using electrolysis induced by radio waves to release hydrogen. Apparently, he can burn the salt water up to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, enough to power a car or similar machinery. Although, the byproduct released is chlorine gas. Get this: the radio used to induce electrolysis was a similar device used to treat his cancer.

 

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Any thoughts?

[mississippichem]

This is unlikely. Radio waves are typically too low a frequency to be energetic enough to cause homolytic bond cleavage, which is what has to happen to get the hydrogen gas. Some chemical reactions can be induced by irradiation but this radiation is usually in at least the microwave, visible, or UV region. Infrared and radio waves tend to heat things in polar liquids like water.

 

Also, I can't find anywhere where the guy lists the exact conditions under which he observed the phenomena (frequency of radiation, salt concentration and so on) these are critical details and many will have trouble swallowing this without a technical explanation of how the experiment is conducted.