Patent ID: 8043486

Claim:
An electrolytic transmission line duct system for spin modification of an electrolyte species comprising: a transmission line comprising a first conductor and a second conductor; a duct for carrying an electrolyte that is physically isolated from said second conductor, and wherein a portion of the surface of said duct comprises a wetted portion of said first conductor in contact with said electrolyte; a first electrode in contact with said electrolyte and disposed either upstream or downstream of said wetted portion of said first conductor; one or more magnets for providing a DC magnetic field of at least one millitesla in a portion of electrolyte adjacent to said first electrode, thereby establishing a resonant spin state transition for a species in said portion of electrolyte, wherein said resonant spin state transition is characterized by a spin resonance frequency; and a current source and a switching device coupled to said first conductor and to said second conductor for providing an alternating current with a frequency that is equivalent to said spin resonance frequency.