Frank Grimer wrote: > > At 06:04 am 25-02-05 -0600, Sparber wrote: > > > The 84,000 joule per gram Explosive Antimony output, in addition > > to the energy recovered by recombining the plated-out Antimony > > with the liberated Chlorine to get back Antimony Trichloride > > SbCl3, sure looks O/U, doesn't it? > > > I feel sure this idea is worth pursuing. In fact I would go > further and claim that crossing any phase boundary at constant > pressure involves O/U. > Things get kind of sticky, Frank, the Antimony Anode does not dissolve in HCL, but, Gore (No kin to Al?) used the a solution of soluble Antimony Trichloride in HCl aq :
"Gore (1855) found that if a current of electricity is passed through a solution of antimony trichloride in hydrochloric acid---using an antimony anode, and a platinum cathode---an amorphous powder of specific gravity of 5.78 is deposited on the cathode." > As I posted this morning: > >> My table of gram equivalents for Antimony (Atomic wt. 121.76) and Chlorine (Atomic wt.35.457) >> gives 1.514 grams deposited per ampere-hour for Antimony, and 1.323 grams per ampere-hour for >> Chlorine. >> Assuming 6.0 volts cell potential the input power would be 6.0 watts or 6.0 joules per second > 0r 21,600 joule/hr for 1.514 grams of Antimony plated out, or 14,000 joule per plated-out gram. > >> The 84,000 joule per gram Explosive Antimony output, in addition to the energy recovered by >> recombining the plated-out Antimony with the liberated Chlorine to get back Antimony Trichloride >> SbCl3, sure looks O/U, doesn't it? > Thus there should always be Hydrogen liberated at the cathode that might "embed" in the reactive alpha-antimony ( 51Sb-121). This seems strikingly similar to some the reported O/U effects with hydrogen in 46Palladium-106 etc., in electrolysis experiments. Frederick > The situation can be modeled very simply by jamming a flexible > plastic ruler between the two faces of a large steel G clamp so > that the ruler takes on a curved shape. Pushing on the ruler > will induce a state of compression in material of the relatively > elastic ruler (compression strain energy) and a state of tension > in the relatively stiff clamp (tension strain energy). If the > ruler is pushed past the central position the tensile strain > energy of the stiff abutment phase is explosively released into > the ruler which whips across to mirror its starting position. > > The ruler material is being held together by one level of the > Beta-atmosphere/Casimir/ZPE. The abutments or G frame is being held > together by a deeper level of B/C/Z. All phase changes must involve > this kind of two level instability. > > > Interestingly enough, there was a discussion on one of the Groups > (it might even have been Vortex) about some bloke who claimed to > have found a mistake in the steam tables. As you might expect, > the traditional deluge of scorn was poured over his claim - > probably because it would have implied the non-conservation of > conventional energy to their blinkered way of thinking. > > In fact, he was probably correct and simply observing the effect > of harnessing some small degree of B/C/Z pressure. > > Cheers > > Frank Grimer