Rhombic Fuel Cell Innovation

18 October 2000

Rhombic Fuel Cell Innovation

    PHOENIX--Oct. 17, 2000--Rhombic Corporation (OTCBB:NUKE)

    Major automobile companies are aggressively pursuing use of fuel cells. Conventional designs use insulators to stack individual fuel cells together to increase available voltage. The two stacked fuel cells in the figure below show the many layers involved in conventional designs including the insulators and other components.
    Currently, automobile manufacturers are pursuing protection of stainless steel and aluminum used in their electrode designs from corrosion that seriously affects longevity and reliability of the fuel cells. Corrosion of stainless steel and aluminum occurs due to the oxidation and reduction processes inherent to the fuel cells.
    Rhombic believes that its proprietary fuel cell innovation is revolutionary because it directly addresses issues of the many component layers and the corrosion processes of fuel cells. First, the Rhombic fuel cell innovation could have a dramatic reduction in number of components thereby reducing the overall size and weight of a stacked fuel cell. Second, the Rhombic fuel cell innovation could eliminate electrode corrosion so that protection of electrodes from corrosion is no longer needed.
    Automobile manufacturers such a Daimler-Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, etc. have invested heavily in the development of a fuel cell power plant as a replacement for the internal combustion engine. Fuel cells can also be used for compact electrical power generators. The projected global demand for fuel cells in 2007 could approach $9 billion dollars. If 20% of the cars in the US used fuel cells, the oil imports would be reduced by 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. Reference Fuel Cells 2000 - http://216.51.18.233/fcbenefi.html
    Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may be materially different. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include activity levels in the securities markets and other risk factors.