I tried this and it looks really kewl indeed. The potassium chloride I used
was pure enough that if you do a simple flame test, you don't get any of that
yellow-orange sodium color. I watched the sparking with a 1500 lpm diffraction
grating and the double D lines of sodium are way too bright
Well Robin, that certainly bursts my thorium bubble. Should have thought of
that myself. It's still not a crazy idea. And as you point out, plutonium could
be even better. The main problem with the whole concept is that it would really
have to be built in space. Testing this out in the
I can't blame anyone for staying away from the UFO "community". Real
information is really difficult to weed out of the profusion of BS that
pervades. There is so much fakery and pseudo-religion associated with what are
probably real phenomena, that it is wise not to become involved.
But
What's crazy about it? It appears to be more promising than anything else for
interstellar travel, unless we discover the reactionless drive that many have
proposed. But there is no reactionless drive yet. So why not try this?
Furthermore, I think there might be a major improvement possible
This subject may be common knowledge to many on this list, but I was unaware of
it. I was wondering if the lithium in the batteries we all use could be
replaced with sodium so I just did a web search (I, like many, no longer
google) and found there has been considerable research going on in
I didn't want to take such a deep dive into this subject, but it seems
possible that sodium ion batteries could have an even higher energy density per
mass and per volume than the present lithium ion batteries. Research into the
intercalation of hard carbon with Prussian Blue analogs (various
Jones, your comment made me laugh out loudGlad someone still has a sense
of humor in these times.
On Thursday, February 25, 2021, 04:45:27 PM GMT+1, JonesBeene
wrote:
Could it really be that simple?
Ok, here's another coincidence. For years I have been using a photopolymer
whose quantum yield is far over unity. This is a formulation I discovered by a
lot of experimenting. I use this in my work, so it remains and will remain a
trade secret. And the preferred wavelength iswait for
Not sure as to the nature of your question. If you mean the peak of the 532 nm
light source, it's extremely narrow. It comes from a frequency doubled YLF
laser with an etalon giving a greater than 15 meter coherence length. If you
mean the peak efficiency of the photopolymer, it's fairly broad
I have no idea why this subject continues to be controversial in the
slightest. There are any number of carbon arc configurations that produce
elemental transmutation of carbon to iron. I have done this repeatedly myself.
The last time, years ago, I used spectroscope grade carbon rods to make
Here is yet another example of how broken science has become. The fundamental
theoretical concept of this research has merit. The possibility of a practical
manufacturing process is remote and the researchers know it.
It's an interesting little project to amuse the scientists and get (you
Jed, from my point of view, I needed a personal "trigger warning" before
reading this. My head may explode. My contention that science is broken is yet
reinforced by what you say here. The lack of applied science is really a
symptom of the wholesale de-industrialization of the U.S. and other
This photopolymer is also highly active at the green mercury line 546.1 nm,
which was the original purpose for this particular formulation. Of course, it's
rather unlikely that this phenomenon is related to the subject at hand.
On Monday, April 19, 2021, 07:24:47 PM GMT, Robin
wrote:
Decades ago, Alfred Baez (physicist and father of Joan) proposed that
hurricanes and/or tornadoes might be electrostatically driven. The idea being
that the charge imbalance between the periphery and the center might drive the
vortex. Yes folks, I'm posting something about vortices here on
I think we have a chicken and egg problem here. I'm not sure if it was Alfred
Baez or I who have it backwards, if it is backwards. I can no longer find any
reference to Baez's comments on this subject on the internet. Hey.. William
Beaty, if you're asleep at your keyboard, wake up and help us
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