But, is there anything that can be gleaned from the anecdotal information of a hotCat melt-down?
Something that strikes me is that if the heat was generated as phonons locally at the NAE, then the NAE would be the hottest part of the reactor. If a reactor melted, it would be with the NAE hotter than the melted reactor SS shell. This doesn't sound plausible as the NAE would not have been able to produce enough heat fast enough to cause the melt-down before it destroyed itself. So, evidence of a melt-down suggests to me that the energy transport from the NAE is not carried by phonons. On the other hand, now posit the NAE emitting a low energy photon or particle radiation that would be absorbed by the SS reactor shell. Now, it is possible that the reactor shell itself is hotter than the NAE and it may be possible to melt the reactor shell without necessarily destroying the NAE - at least early in the process. To me, this becomes anecdotal evidence of the energy being transported outside of the NAE and collected in its dense environs. The energy carrier could be low energy photons, beta, or alpha. If beta or alpha, might one expect to measure escaping bremsstrahlung radiation coming from the reactor? On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com>wrote: > Please people, stay in the real world. The description Alex gives has no > relationship to what has been described in the paper or to what is > possible. We have no way of knowing the melting point of that material > claim to melt. We have no way of knowing how much melted. At the vary > least, once the stainless steel container in which the Ni was located > formed a hole, the H2 would escape and the nuclear reaction would stop. In > addition, we do not know the melting point of the Ni in the container > because it was reacted with a secret catalyst. In other words, we know > nothing that would support such speculations. > > Ed Storms > > On May 24, 2013, at 12:17 PM, David Roberson wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> > Sent: Fri, May 24, 2013 2:12 pm > Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test > > The other very important piece of the puzzle that this Rossi demo has > revealed is how extreme the LENR can get. This tells us important new > things about the LENR reaction. > When the E-Cat melts down, its temperature reaches at least 2000C. The > melting point of the ceramic used is in that temperature range. > We know that ceramic is used in the reactor and that the LENR reaction can > melt it. This is exciting. > At that temperature, the nickel powder and the AISI 310 steel has long > reached its melting point. > The LENR reaction must be able to function in a liquid metal environment. > The concept of an NAE supported in only solid material must be discarded. > LENR must function in liquid and vapor. > Riddle me that one batman. > Collective, in other words, I will be awaiting your theories. > >
