Re: [Vo]:Something big is happening

2016-02-23 Thread Finlay MacNab
I think that other members of the MFMP were also designing Parkhomov style experiments. Perhaps one of their designs is the golden goose.

Re: [Vo]:Re: Louis DeChiaro of US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on Replicating P+F

2015-10-08 Thread Finlay MacNab
It's annoying to read this communication to MFMP : https://www.facebook.com/MartinFleischmannMemorialProject/posts/1051219568242075 Statement from NRL source on their... - Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project | Facebook Statement from NRL source on their position, re their data, cited in the

RE: [Vo]:the Parkhomov paper translated

2014-12-30 Thread Finlay MacNab
. (After ~21:05 see figure 6) From: Finlay MacNab [mailto:finlaymac...@hotmail.com] Sent: lundi 29 décembre 2014 23:01 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:the Parkhomov paper translated It is interesting that in figure 4 of the report the heating coils wrapped

RE: [Vo]:the Parkhomov paper translated

2014-12-29 Thread Finlay MacNab
It is interesting that in figure 4 of the report the heating coils wrapped around the Al2O3 cylinder appear dark. This suggests that the inside of the cylinder is hotter than the coils. http://www.e-catworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lugano-Confirmed.pdf

RE: [Vo]:Thermal cameras better than thermocouples for averaging temperature

2014-12-10 Thread Finlay MacNab
Hard to look at with the naked eye? I don't recall anything in the lugano report about the ecat being hard to look at. I am not sure this is correct. An examination of black body radiative power versus temperature shows that below 3000 degrees kelvin the emission from a hot body is diffuse

RE: [Vo]:Thermal cameras better than thermocouples for averaging temperature

2014-12-10 Thread Finlay MacNab
I dunno, have you ever been around glass blowing? It gets pretty bright I think this is a question of surface area. Based on this calculator http://www.spectralcalc.com/blackbody_calculator/blackbody.php , and my limited understanding of radiance, a 1400C (~1700K) black body radiator will

RE: [Vo]:Thermal cameras better than thermocouples for averaging temperature

2014-12-10 Thread Finlay MacNab
And I forgot, much of the brightness of glass is from the sodium emission line. Glassblowing glasses filter the sodium emission line (brilliant yellow light). Much of the brightness of molten glass comes from light from sodium if i recall correctly. In fact, when you put on sodium line

RE: [Vo]:Mainstream scientific research is looking into LENR and doesn’t know it yet.

2013-01-24 Thread Finlay MacNab
I was thinking the same thing while looking at this research. Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:29:26 -0500 From: janap...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Mainstream scientific research is looking into LENR and doesn’t know it yet.

RE: [Vo]:LENR Heat Vs. Coal Heat

2012-08-06 Thread Finlay MacNab
The 6000:1 figure is close to correct. The cross sectional area of the earth is 127.8 million km^2. Each km^2 receives a approximately a gigawatt of solar radiation. In one hour the earth receives 127 thousand terawatt hours of energy. Which is approximately the global consumption of energy

RE: [Vo]:Obituary: Fleischmann, 85

2012-08-04 Thread Finlay MacNab
I remember the Pons and Fleischmann announcement, when I was a young boy of 13, vividly. I started jumping around the room as Tom Brokaw was describing it on the television in my father's den. It was at that moment that I realized that it is possible for one person to make a difference in

RE: [Vo]:Koch founded climate skeptic changes sides

2012-08-01 Thread Finlay MacNab
Except that temperatures are rising faster at night than during the day There may have been many reasons for temperature changes in the past. It is clear that the current rise in temperature is due to a reduced flux of infra red light re-radiating into space at a constant temperature, not

RE: [Vo]:ICCF-17: Brillouin is no more?

2012-07-27 Thread Finlay MacNab
As a research scientist working for a solar start-up in Vancouver, I agree with Jed. It would be wonderful if Defkalion moved here. I would love to nanostructure some nickel for them! Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:48:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [Vo]:ICCF-17: Brillouin is no more? From:

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-05 Thread Finlay MacNab
Subject: RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02 At 12:00 PM 7/4/2012, Finlay MacNab wrote: Your argument assumes that the there is no air gap between

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-04 Thread Finlay MacNab
@eskimo.com; vortex-l@eskimo.com From: a...@lomaxdesign.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02 At 11:46 PM 7/3/2012, Finlay MacNab wrote

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-03 Thread Finlay MacNab
It should be noted that in an electrolyte the current results from a chemical reaction at the anode and cathode (in this case the generation of hydrogen and oxygen) there are no free charge carriers in the solution itself. The cations and anions are bound together by electrostatic attraction

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-03 Thread Finlay MacNab
electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02 At 03:44 PM 7/3/2012, Finlay MacNab wrote: It should be noted that in an electrolyte the current results from a chemical reaction at the anode and cathode (in this case the generation of hydrogen and oxygen) there are no free charge carriers

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-03 Thread Finlay MacNab
Hey Mark, Very interesting links (although I dont have full access to the second one). From: zeropo...@charter.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte:

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-03 Thread Finlay MacNab
I think your assessment is spot on Jeff. The only question in my mind is whether or not the mixing of the electrolyte caused by the evolution of gas at the working electrode might generate a varying electric field by redistributing the ions in solution. Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:17:01 -0400

RE: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02

2012-07-03 Thread Finlay MacNab
of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02 At 08:02 PM 7/3/2012, Finlay MacNab wrote: To clarify: An electrolyte does not conduct. Chemical reactions occur at the electrodes that accept and give up electrons. Current flows

RE: [Vo]:Zawodny on LENR in a recently uploaded NASA LaRC YouTube video

2012-05-24 Thread Finlay MacNab
The device shown in the video is depicted in slides 20,21,22 of Zawodny's pdf presentation that NET obtained through the FOI request. The experiment is significant because it elegantly allows the direct observation of cold fusion without complicated calorimetry or controls. The Zawodny slides

RE: [Vo]: Proton Fusion Ni58 to Cu59 Endothermic?

2012-05-22 Thread Finlay MacNab
Your calculation does not take into account the fact that the activation energy barrier releases the energy added to overcome it during the reaction. In this case once coulomb repulsion is overcome, the energy is added back to the system by attractive nuclear force. The 3.41MeV is the

RE: [Vo]: Proton Fusion Ni58 to Cu59 Endothermic?

2012-05-22 Thread Finlay MacNab
Message- From: Finlay MacNab finlaymac...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 1:50 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]: Proton Fusion Ni58 to Cu59 Endothermic? Your calculation does not take into account the fact that the activation energy barrier releases

RE: [Vo]: Proton Fusion Ni58 to Cu59 Endothermic?

2012-05-22 Thread Finlay MacNab
In the case of regular fusion the kinetic energy of the proton would be conserved in the reaction products (i.e. the total energy of the system would be 5.6 MeV + 3.41MeV) these reaction products might be a Cu59 nucleus with 9.01MeV of kinetic energy or more likely some combination of gamma

RE: [Vo]:New Lattice Energy presentation

2012-04-11 Thread Finlay MacNab
There are many problems with this paper. The most glaring error is that they heated their sample to 1000C for 10 minutes before measuring. They do this to remove sulphur, which should not be present under tightly controlled conditions (incidentally they claim to explain the presence of

RE: [Vo]:suggestion for speakers

2012-03-30 Thread Finlay MacNab
Iwamura's transmutation experiments are very convincing. They confirm their results by three advanced instrumental techniques, secondary ion mass spectrometry(SIMS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), and x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). These three measurements confirming each

RE: [Vo]:suggestion for speakers

2012-03-29 Thread Finlay MacNab
I would invite NASA researcher Joe Zawodny and or Prof. Miley. The NASA slides appear to me to develop and test a well modeled structure and yield predictable results. PS I'll be there if you invite them to speak in Vancouver! Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:32:11 -0400 From:

RE: [Vo]:suggestion for speakers

2012-03-29 Thread Finlay MacNab
to make comments about people, but the theory Zawodny advocates is an embarrassment to anyone who has scientific training and have you ever heard Miley talk? These people are not the best source of information about the field. Ed On Mar 29, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Finlay MacNab wrote:I would invite NASA

RE: [Vo]:CERN Live WebCast - Experimental Progress in LENR

2012-03-22 Thread Finlay MacNab
Hello, Long time lurker here. The question was absurd. I am disappointed that a professional scientist would ask such a question. Almost every new technology that is not well understood suffers from poor reproducibility, it took decades to achieve reproducible results with field effect

RE: [Vo]:hydrogen refill

2011-11-23 Thread Finlay MacNab
The early Ny Tecknik video of the inside of the 1MW reactor reveals that the hydrogen inlets for the individual inlets are not connected. If each individual module must be filled separately then the measurement is valid. From: robert.leguil...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject:

RE: [Vo]:How to simulate the four-hour heat after death event in your kitchen

2011-10-18 Thread Finlay MacNab
Bob, Excellent observation. And one that makes perfect sense. Daniel, Isn't the measured dimension of the reactor wafer 20cm x 20cm x 6cm including the shielding (2.4 litres)? How do you account for the fact that the density of lithium perchlorate is 2.4times the density of water. How is the

RE: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-15 Thread Finlay MacNab
certain that you've established that through proof or equations. For instance in both cases cold water is imput at the same rate and temperature so why should there be a difference? - Original Message - From: Finlay MacNab To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, September 14

RE: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-15 Thread Finlay MacNab
generate and how much energy would the system lose as steam squeezes out that orifice. There's so much unexplained and so many assumptions that can be made. I'm totally disappointed and disillusioned. Colin On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Finlay MacNab finlaymac...@hotmail.com wrote

RE: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-14 Thread Finlay MacNab
Excellent observation! If this was a closed system with no FLOWING WATER EXITING THE SYSTEM you would have a point. As it is you have only discredited your argument about thermal inertia. Congratulations! I find your hand waving arguments completely unconvincing. Please describe in detail

RE: [Vo]:Re: People such as Edison, Jobs, Whitman and Rossi are not always lying when they say things that are obviously false

2011-08-25 Thread Finlay MacNab
Dear Jed, As a professional scientist I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for you continued efforts to present a balanced perspective on cold fusion. Since the January announcement at the University of Bologna sparked my interest in the topic, your library of CF literature

RE: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-23 Thread Finlay MacNab
, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Finlay MacNab finlaymac...@hotmail.com wrote: If the relative humidity sensor measures capacitance then the dielectric constant of steam and the dielectric constant of steam plus water would be very different and yield very different readings. From what I found

RE: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-23 Thread Finlay MacNab
03:46:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea... From: joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Finlay MacNab finlaymac...@hotmail.com wrote: The delta ohm probe in question is rated to 150C with an accuracy of +/- 3.5% above

RE: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-23 Thread Finlay MacNab
@eskimo.com On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Finlay MacNab finlaymac...@hotmail.com wrote: There are several different part numbers listed in the sensor chart in the pdf. A number of them are rated to 150C. Again, I think you're reading that wrong. There is a table that gives the application

RE: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-22 Thread Finlay MacNab
If the relative humidity sensor measures capacitance then the dielectric constant of steam and the dielectric constant of steam plus water would be very different and yield very different readings. A quick google search for capacitance measurement of steam quality yields several papers and a

RE: [Vo]:RE: Stiffler and Rossi

2011-04-19 Thread Finlay MacNab
I think you should reexamine your calculations. The problem is that you are confusing watts and watt*hours. 130kW is = to 130KJ/sec 130kW for 1 hour is equal to 130KW*h 15minutes of 130kW is equal to 130kW*0.25 hours or 32.5kW*H (the energy delivered in 15 mins) If the 130kW had continued for

RE: [Vo]:RE: Stiffler and Rossi

2011-04-19 Thread Finlay MacNab
Ack I am very sorry to have included the body of the email in the post. Please excuse my error...

Re: [Vo]:Swedish physicists on the E-cat: “It’s a nuclear reaction” / The used powder contains ten percent copper

2011-04-06 Thread Finlay MacNab
The copper isotope ratios reported here contradict those from Rossi's blog published data. In his blog post titled Experimental Results he states the Cu63/Cu65 ratio is 1.6 after transmutation. The isotope results reported by the swedish observers seems very suspicious to me.