With such a small amount of powder involved, a supercharge heat transfer mechanism must be in play. I say that the system is super fluidic.
There are pictures of the inside of the tube and it looks smooth. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:32 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net>wrote: > Jed asked:**** > > Question: assuming it really is 0.3 g, what is the likely volume? **** > > Nowhere near enough to fill the cylinder. **** > > **Why such a large cylinder?****** > > ** ** > > - most likely would be to get the necessary surface area to adequately > transfer the heat from interior to exterior.**** > > ** ** > > -mark **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 1:11 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Speculation about hotCat**** > > ** ** > > If the powder sinters, I suppose:**** > > ** ** > > That's good because it is what makes the powder stick to the wall. **** > > ** ** > > That's bad because it reduces surface area. This is what caused Arata's > pure Pd black cells to stop working after a while.**** > > ** ** > > Takahashi said it was not the high temperature but rather the chemical > action of hydrogen on the metal that caused the particles to stick together. > **** > > ** ** > > I guess when they open the cell they have to scrape out the powder. > > Question: assuming it really is 0.3 g, what is the likely volume? Nowhere > near enough to fill the cylinder. Why such a large cylinder? Maybe because > that's what he has in stock. > > - Jed**** > > ** ** >
