Patent ID: 8093552

Claim:
A process of separating electronegative molecules from non electronegative molecules in a mixture of molecules comprising providing a first electric field established by an alternating electrical potential in a volume to enclose said mixture of molecules, bringing said mixture of molecules into said first electric field to produce a non thermal plasma of said mixture of molecules, by said first electric field accelerating initial electrons near the negative side towards the positive side of said first electric field, said electrons accelerated by said first electric field colliding with said mixture of molecules located within said first electric field producing positive ions and more electrons to collide with more molecules, over many iterations of said alternating electrical potential producing an avalanche of electrons and an equal number of positive ions, said avalanche of electrons producing negative ions of said electronegative molecules when they are added to said electronegative molecules, providing a second electric field by an average direct current electrical potential, which is in a transverse direction to said first electric field and is enclosed in the same volume as a volume of said first electric field, which attracts negative ions in one direction and positive ions in the opposite direction, and spatially separating the negative and positive ions.