Steven, I suspect that nobel gasses are used for the reason that they can be ionized relatively easily and yet do not enter into chemical structures when they cool. It is a good question that you ask about the mechanical force generation. My first thought is that it is due to the heating of the gasses which results in additional pressure, but there are problems with that explanation.
One might ask why there is no degradation to the piston and end cap of the device since the magnetic field from the coil would be axial and most likely would not restrict plasma from going out the ends. I suppose that a time changing field, if that is what they are doing, might induce currents into the conductive piston end and cap which would have some influence upon the plasma, but I am not sure this would eliminate the contact problems. At this point in my understanding, I am not sure the entire thing is not an April fools joke. Can anyone be sure that a truly independent test has been conducted which proves the performance? If this device is for real, it is quite interesting. Dave -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson <orionwo...@charter.net> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 8:46 am Subject: RE: [Vo]:Noble Gas Plasma Engine: inside piccy Addendum: The fact that Nobel gasses are involved really baffles me. My limited understanding of chemistry would suggest to me the fact that there shouldn’t be any kind of reactive “chemistry” involved, period… other than ionic excitation such as what we see in neon signs. What the hell is causing what I assume has been “accurately” measured to be an unusually large amount of mechanical energy, an amount of mechanical energy that has yet to be explained by conventional physics. If McKubre is willing to be have his portrait taken in the accompanying videos, that tells me there must be something going on here really that needs to be taken seriously. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
