[Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread Fang Sen
Enlightenment: The reactor I saw is shown on Defkalion's website G'Day, I wanted to point out some of the items that I saw are now being shown on Defkalion's website: The room is the same room as I visited. http://www.defkalion-energy.com/files/2012-05_StatusPicturesFinal.pdf On page one,

RE: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread Robert Leguillon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_hydrogen_welding So, arcing in a hydrogen environment produces monoatomic hydrogen from diatomic hydrogen, eh? From: jth...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 19:29:59 +0800 Seems to me that Woomera

[Vo]:Hmmmm

2012-05-21 Thread teamposit...@gmx.us
H, http://phys.org/partners/michigan-technological-university/ Hu’s team added carbon dioxide http://phys.org/tags/carbon+dioxide/ to less than a gram of Li_3 N at 330 degrees Celsius, and the surrounding temperature jumped almost immediately to about 1,000 degrees Celsius Some

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread Jojo Jaro
Dissociation of H2 to H+ is just one thing sparks do efficiently. The other is the efficient formation of Rydberg matter that is probably key to the LENR process, as Axil has speculated. I am speculating that thermal balance is key to formation of Rydberg matter in abundance. Spark rate and

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread fusion.calo...@gmail.com
Robert, Well known. See Santilli. See how neutrons kept the Tarpon Springs facility evacuated even days after complete shut down. See the reactor that caused the scare in on of Chan's links (http://hydride.has.it/). Get serious and do a little digging. It

RE: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com Hi Robin, Either shrinking releases energy or it consumes energy. If it can no longer absorb EUV radiation to further shrink then it consumes energy. Yes, of course. Mills believes that below a certain level this process can be autocatalytic

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jojo Jaro jth...@hotmail.com wrote: I know I am harping on this spark plug thing, but the sooner replicators get over this doubt, the sooner we can focus on the corect replication design. It does appear the evidence for sparks being integral to the process is mounting. I agree. The

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread Chemical Engineer
Guys, The original DGT lab bench photos also showed what looked like a spark plug wire and some type of plug (without ceramics) as far as I could tell. Also a large ground wire on the reactor block On Monday, May 21, 2012, Jed Rothwell wrote: Jojo Jaro jth...@hotmail.com javascript:_e({},

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread Chemical Engineer
So a langmuir torch created by the spark plug gap in the hydrogen atmosphere to produce mono hydrogen with reactor temp controlled by: 1) Plug Voltage/gap distance/arc 2) Distance from plug to core/microparticles of Ni/other 3) Removal of heat thru heat xfer surface/fluid 4) Maybe every once in

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2012-05-21 Thread integral.property.serv...@gmail.com
G'Day, See success reported here: http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg64616.html Warm Regards, Reliable Chemical Engineer wrote: So a langmuir torch created by the spark plug gap in the hydrogen atmosphere to produce mono hydrogen with reactor temp controlled by: 1) Plug

[Vo]:Solving insoluble problems

2012-05-21 Thread Peter Gluck
My dear Friends, The situation has not changed- prolonged stale season for LENR, Zugzwang for both LENR+ units. Complex situation. Perhaps you will find time to read the first part of a book (Handbook for Solving Insoluble Problems) I have started:

Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?

2012-05-21 Thread ecat builder
Interesting link on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_hydrogen_welding It also appears that you can buy vintage tungsten spark plugs. Terry mentioned Iridium spark plugs... Any thoughts on one versus the other or using off-the-shelf.. I would prefer to use NPT plugs. Obviously I don't want

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
I would like to sound off on a pet peeve of mine. Completely unrelated to cold fusion, but it is technical. The mass media and many books make some profoundly dumb mistakes about statistics as they relate to demography, longevity, actuarial tables and so on. Some examples -- People

Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?

2012-05-21 Thread Robert Lynn
Checking on use of spark plugs with high pressure hydrogen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschen%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paschen_Curves.PNG Hydrogen appears to have a lower breakdown voltage of about 60-70% of air at same pressure. So should be able to use an air gap that is

[Vo]:Defkalion forum's open again

2012-05-21 Thread Alan J Fletcher
http://www.defkalion-energy.com/forum/index.php But no new posts is something about to happen? (lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi eCat -- and the defkalion hyperion -- Hi, google!)

[Vo]:Re: Defkalion forum's open again .. or NOT

2012-05-21 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 01:03 PM 5/21/2012, Alan J Fletcher wrote: http://www.defkalion-energy.com/forum/index.php\ False alarm I think ... it let me log on, but posts are still disabled. (I could'a sworn it didn't let me log on after it was shut down ...)

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: ... You cannot draw conclusions about today's diet from today's longevity. To find out if our diet is healthy and promotes a longer life, you will have to wait 30 to 50 years. Chances are, it does not. Today's diets have caused unprecedented high levels of obesity. Obesity usually

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread fznidarsic
Here is a free book on life span. I am reading it now. http://www.amazon.com/Aging-Design-Thinking-Change-ebook/dp/B005KCO8SS/ref=sr_1_5?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1337631718sr=1-5 What I find interesting is what influence evolution may have on lifespan and why. Is long life a species survival

Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?

2012-05-21 Thread integral.property.serv...@gmail.com
Chan Again Darn It, http://hydride.has.it/ shows reference to processing FLUID hydrocarbons (mineral oil or propane perhaps) with arc. H. Yes, bleeding gas or pumped fluids suggests control possibilities. Yes, What about this, Gentlemen, could it be that passing Ni dispersed in oil

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
fznidar...@aol.com wrote: What I find interesting is what influence evolution may have on lifespan and why. Is long life a species survival strategy? Among primates, yes. Species that take care of offspring, rather than laying eggs and abandoning them, must have a long adulthood. They

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: . . . they pass on cultural and technical knowledge. (People obviously more than chimps!) This created an advantage to surviving into old age. Especially during long span of history in which we had language but no writing, and the only store of knowledge was in people's brains . . .

Re: [Vo]:Re: Defkalion forum's open again .. or NOT

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
The forum is like Waffle House: We Never Close but you might not want to eat there. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion forum's open again

2012-05-21 Thread Terry Blanton
Why do you think it is open? Looks the same as before. T On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: http://www.defkalion-energy.com/forum/index.php But no new posts   is something about to happen? (lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi eCat  -- and

Re: [Vo]:Re: Defkalion forum's open again .. or NOT

2012-05-21 Thread Terry Blanton
Oh, okay. T On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: At 01:03 PM 5/21/2012, Alan J Fletcher wrote: http://www.defkalion-energy.com/forum/index.php\ False alarm I think ... it let me log on, but posts are still disabled. (I could'a sworn it didn't let me log on

Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?

2012-05-21 Thread Axil Axil
I stand in support of Reliable. I do not discount Chan and the other fellows that follow his design lead as kooks. On the contrary, their approach may be superior to what Rossi has done. As an underlying design principle, I think that it is the shape of the catalyzing cluster that is important

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Obesity, diabetes, heart failure, and a slurry of other physical maladies is the price we are currently paying for our civilization that has become too successful. No doubt that is the biological root of the obesity problem. That

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

2012-05-21 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 12:02 PM 5/21/2012, Jed Rothwell wrote: Here are age distributions for England and Wales, 1696: Age group, percent 0 - 9 27.6% 10 - 19 20.2% 20 - 29 15.5% 30 - 39 11.7% 40 - 49 8.4% 50 - 59 5.8% 60 and above 10.7% Laslet, p. 103. Those numbers are reliable. They kept good records in the

Re: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 21 May 2012 07:26:19 -0700: Hi Jones, [snip] -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com Hi Robin, Either shrinking releases energy or it consumes energy. If it can no longer absorb EUV radiation to further shrink then it consumes energy.

[Vo]:defkalion rumour (PESN)

2012-05-21 Thread Alan J Fletcher
http://pesn.com/2012/05/17/9602095_LENR-to-Market_Weekly_May17/ Sterling's Assessment: A group Defkalion is working with wants them to postpone posting data from their tests until August when there is a big conference where they will be making a presentation. The scuttlebutt is that while

Re: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: IOW the mass of hydrogen is not a quantum value, and there is no rationale that predicts it will be a single value instead of a range. In fact, mass determination of hydrogen, from various labs in various countries varies all over the place. You are

RE: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed Rothwell Jones Beene wrote: IOW the mass of hydrogen is not a quantum value, and there is no rationale that predicts it will be a single value instead of a range. In fact, mass determination of hydrogen,

Re: [Vo]:defkalion rumour (PESN)

2012-05-21 Thread Terry Blanton
If AR really has the NRL on his side, he is likely to beat PDGT to the draw; but, will it become public first? Time will tell. T

Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?

2012-05-21 Thread integral.property.serv...@gmail.com
Axil, Carbon nanocone properties: http://www.mse.ncsu.edu/CompMatSci/pdf/full3.pdf most probable spot for emitting tunneling electrons in the presence of external field Nanocone production is covered by: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.n05_n06/pdf page 15, 3.2 from heavy

Re: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread integral.property.serv...@gmail.com
Jones, ability to make macroscopic particle predictions based on microscopic properties is called Statistical Mechanics, a function of the distribution of the system on its micro-states. From nothing comes a point with predicted properties. Aha, this one reminds me of what the experimental

Re: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Since there is zero evidence of high energy gammas in Ni-H reaction, and zero evidence of radioactivity in the ash - and only slight evidence of soft spectrum radiation, Tritium is radioactive, so the evidence of

Re: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash

2012-05-21 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Tritium is radioactive, so the evidence of radioactivity in the ash of the Ni-H reaction is nonzero. If we allow Ni + H2O, I can provide two additional references in support of tritium generation and, implicitly,