Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Press Conference

2011-06-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:10:05 -0300: Hi, [snip] According to the e-cat team, if you don\t cool it, there will be some strong gamma emissions. Even that would be acceptable for a device that was well protected (i.e. centralized power plants), provided that the

Re: [Vo]:Water Flow Question

2011-06-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Angela Kemmler's message of Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:18:33 +0200: Hi, [snip] He uses a metering pump by manufacturer LMI (UK). Its model P18. Lewan told it. http://www.lmi-pumps.com/datasheets/Pseries-08-01.pdf max 3.20 GPH (12.1 l/h) 22 psi (1.5 Bar) max stroke frequency = 100 / minute

Re: [Vo]:Rossi calorimetry, volume vs mass, etc.

2011-06-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:19:34 -0300: Hi, [snip] It cannot raise water more than 3 milimeters. That sort of rubber, I made some calculations elsewhere, does not radiate more than 25W per meter. The steam must be dry to be pumped out. You mention the hose

Re: [Vo]:Rossi calorimetry, volume vs mass, etc.

2011-06-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:09:22 -0800: Hi, [snip] The thermal conductivity of copper is 386 W/(m K), about 2700 times that of rubber. Several meters of similar sized copper pipe coiled a barrel of water at 75 C should easily condense 12 kW of steam.

Re: [Vo]:Okay, suppose there is only 800 W input with no anomalous heat

2011-06-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:20:48 -0500: Hi, [snip] I was talking about running it above boiling, but way below the level needed to boil it all. Different thing. And it's easy. The power can range within a factor of 7. In this case, anywhere between 600W and about 5

Re: [Vo]:China Mirage

2011-06-29 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:21:33 -0400: Hi, [snip] Multiverse M Brane intersection? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008161/Ghostly-mirage-appears-river-Huanshan-City-China.html I find it surprising that no one appears to have made an effort to actually

Re: [Vo]:Deuterium vs. Hydrogen (wrt Rossi and Ahern)

2011-06-30 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:28:30 -0700: Hi, [snip] I'm somewhat surprised that no one tries Lanthanum alloys, since these are used for Hydrogen storage, implying high loading. An unusual predicament is lurking in the background of the field of LENR, due to Rossi's

Re: [Vo]:Universe Resolution Just Increased 13 Orders

2011-07-01 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:55:49 -0400: Hi, [snip] Many cosmological theories presume the pixel size of the universe is the Planck Length (1.616 x 10^-35 m). This limits the amount of information contained in a black hole by one theory. It also limits the amount

Re: [Vo]:Universe Resolution Just Increased 13 Orders

2011-07-01 Thread mixent
In reply to Jouni Valkonen's message of Fri, 1 Jul 2011 22:04:38 +0300: Hi, [snip] We just need to find better theories that can explain CMB! I suspect that the CMB is actually just remnant degraded starlight. IOW all the infrared that bodies radiate into space interacts with space dust, gas,

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion-the Economist Magazine + CNET ??

2011-07-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Alan J Fletcher's message of Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:23:13 -0700: Hi, [snip] Based upon conversion of only Ni62 Ni64 to Cu63 Cu65 respectively, an electrical energy value of 5 cents / kWh (@30% conversion efficiency), I calculate a Ni value of $2085/kg. The current price of Ni is

Re: [Vo]:Rossi responds to movie professor and Peter Ekstrom's analysis

2011-07-10 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:14:40 -0700: Hi, I suspect that instead of controlled he meant checked. The Dutch word kontroleren means to check. and a similar situation may exist with Swedish/Norwegian (due to the Norse/Germanic origin of the Dutch language). Here's

Re: [Vo]:Rossi responds to movie professor and Peter Ekstrom's analysis

2011-07-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:14:40 -0700: Hi, I suspect that instead of controlled he meant checked. The Dutch word kontroleren means to check. and a similar situation may exist with Swedish/Norwegian (due to the Norse/Germanic origin of the Dutch language). Here's

Re: [Vo]:UFOs Over London

2011-07-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:09:53 -0300: Hi, [snip] Not photoshoped, but a good visual effects video. Probably promotional viral video for some movie, in the style first person style of amateur filming like Blair Witch Project or Cloverfield ... I LOVE THESE KINDS OF

Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2

2011-07-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:24:19 -0700: Hi, [snip] Another tidbit, but from part 1 of 2... The post-reaction analysis shows a copper isotope ratio of Cu 63/Cu 65 ~ 1.6, while the natural occurrence show a ratio of Cu 63/Cu 65 ~ 2.24 which is a statistically

Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2

2011-07-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:33:15 -0700: Hi, [snip] The tubercles are essential in order for the reaction rate to reach levels high enough for the implied total power output per volume or mass to reach orders of magnitude kW/kg - this level of power density is

Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2

2011-07-14 Thread mixent
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:22:30 +1000: Hi, Oops! Having never heard of tubercles, I just assumed it was a language problem! It was - mine! :( In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:33:15 -0700: Hi, [snip] The tubercles are essential in

Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2

2011-07-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Peter Gluck's message of Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:08:15 +0300: Hi, [snip] Everything would be OK, if and when Defkalion would show us a small army of Hyperions, working at their site. They told me on the forum that they have already tested combinations of max 6 devices in the kW range and

Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2

2011-07-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:02:26 -0700: Hi, [snip] But Robin, how about the 2nd half of that excerpt, where the optimal grain-size is more than a micrometer, not nanometers... I would think that a 'tubercle', which is likely composed of numerous 'grains', would be

Re: [Vo]:LENR meeting at Viaregiio today

2011-07-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Akira Shirakawa's message of Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:05:30 +0200: Hi, [snip] On 2011-07-24 02:11, Terry Blanton wrote: Celani: 17:32 - Explain how the principles of cold fusion, well known and known in military areas, are used in the production of micro-tactical nuclear bombs. I

Re: [Vo]:Millennium Falcon or Odd Sea Floor Formation

2011-08-03 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:06:24 -0400: Hi, [snip] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2021174/Have-scientists-crashed-flying-saucer-seabed.html#ixzz1Torn51mJ There is one obvious natural phenomenon that is circular - a volcanic crater - also not unknown

Re: [Vo]:Kimbler's Parts

2011-08-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:37:17 -0400: Hi, [snip] Like Art's Parts, these artifacts of the Roswell crash show isotopic anomalies: http://www.openminds.tv/test-confirms-roswell-debris-733/ We had always planned to check small animal lairs if we ever had a chance

Re: [Vo]:Revisiting The Whipmag All-Magnet Motor, saga

2011-08-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:22:34 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] This reminds me of a pre 17th century argument that the Earth cannot be turning. As everyone knows if the Earth was turning then the ground would move away from you whenever you jumped in the air. However 

Re: [Vo]:A possible hypothesis for Rossi and Greece

2011-08-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 7 Aug 2011 16:53:08 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Ron Kita chiralex.k...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings Vortex-l I am not sure IF my thoughts on Rossi and DKL  are even logical BUT what if a major world

Re: [Vo]:Press release from Defkalion:

2011-08-08 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:28:12 -0400: Hi, [snip] I'll render a guess that it's KaCO3. I suggested NaOH months ago (just before Dennis Cravens stopped contributing. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Everyone is overlooking Thermacore

2011-08-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:50:06 -0700: Hi, [snip] It does not matter if it worked extremely well or moderately well. The testing was for safety- not performance. [snip] Actually it might. If there is a small amount of radioactivity associated with operation, it

Re: [Vo]:Revisiting The Whipmag All-Magnet Motor, saga

2011-08-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:38:13 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] Actually the old argument is correct, in concept, but wrong in magnitude. In order to come down in exactly the same spot (assuming a perfectly vertical jump), one would have to maintain the same angular

Re: [Vo]:Best Catalytic Fit?

2011-08-17 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:11:24 -0700: Hi, [snip] Correction. Value for strontium is wrong. Thanks Rob. Looks like Moly is the best. The best fit has to be Hydrogen itself, which is exact. However that said, it should in reality depend on the temperature, because

Re: [Vo]:Best Catalytic Fit?

2011-08-17 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:39:52 -0700: Hi, [snip] Potassium is perhaps the most mentioned candidate in the papers, but the first two IP electrons are at 4.34 and 31.63 eV. What this means essentially is that the hole only appears when the K(2+) ion takes back the

Re: [Vo]:U.S. Researcher Preparing Prototype Cars Powered by Heavy-Metal Thorium

2011-08-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:08:02 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip]   I found this link on the Cold Fusion Times website. What powers the laser that heats the thorium? Is this a parody? Harry   http://wardsauto.com/ar/thorium_power_car_110811/A U.S. company says it is getting

Re: [Vo]:INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 468

2011-08-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Peter Gluck's message of Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:37:37 +0300: Hi, [snip] Now he has shown how you can make and not make contracts and agreements in the same time.. ...sounds like quantum contract! :) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Speaking of finely divided nickel

2011-08-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:57:38 -0700: Hi, [snip] It doesn't seem likely that the tubules themselves are actually composed of nickel, although it is possible. But whatever they are composed of - they would serve the purpose of 'ventilation' of a lattice-like

Re: [Vo]:Best Catalytic Fit?

2011-08-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:03:11 -0700: Hi, [snip] Robin, I have a third ionization energy of 43.6 eV which gives:- Where did this value turn up? In a periodic table program that I have called, not surprisingly, Periodic Table from SMI corp. (However web

Re: [Vo]:Best Catalytic Fit?

2011-08-18 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:04:33 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:08 AM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: All of which means that for any given catalyst there is also an ideal operating temperature (where the number of molecules with the correct kinetic

Re: [Vo]:U.S. Researcher Preparing Prototype Cars Powered by Heavy-Metal Thorium

2011-08-19 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:17:07 -0400: Hi, [snip] http://terralab.tripod.com/id14.html Quote from http://terralab.tripod.com/atmospheric_water_generator.html LARGE-SCALE WATER PRECIPITATION INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS FROM $287,000.00 for 35,000 Gallons a day; To

Re: [Vo]:PhysOrg reports on Krivit's latest article...

2011-08-20 Thread mixent
In reply to noone noone's message of Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:18:32 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] Krivit and other worshippers of Widom Larsen theory do not make any sense. The reaction is not a weak interaction, but a fusion reaction. The neutrons are supposed to be protons and electrons that become

Re: [Vo]:A New Reason to Go Green

2011-08-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:32:03 -0800: Hi, [snip] Using a mean earth diameter of 6371 km, a mean albedo of 0.3, and solar insolation of 1 W/m^2, we have a reflected power of: Solar insolation is around 1 kW (not 1 W) / m^2. P = (6.371x10^6 m)^2 * Pi * 0.3

Re: [Vo]:A New Reason to Go Green

2011-08-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:03:50 -0800: Hi, [snip] The above should be: P = (6.371x10^6 m)^2 * Pi * 0.3 * (1 kW/m^2) = 3.8x10^16 W This puts HAARP about 7 orders of magnitude less. Thanks for the correction. You're welcome. BTW, though HAARP may have a

Re: [Vo]:The effect of cold fusion on employment

2011-09-10 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:27:43 -0400: Hi, [snip] To summarize, if we decide to live more or less the way we do now, consuming about as much energy per capita as we do now, with roughly as much transportation, space-heating, illumination, data transmission and so

Re: [Vo]:I love Obama, great speach on jobs, patents too

2011-09-10 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:09:17 -0400: Hi, [snip] I get it, said Adell. Don’t shout. When the sun is done, the other stars will be gone, too. This is of course not true. New stars are being born all the time. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-10 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:07:55 -0400: Hi, [snip] Peter Gluck wrote: But Xanthi Press wrote no testing by State authorities no plant. Confusing. The Sept. 1 report said they do not have a license for the plant yet. Defkalion confirmed they are still working on

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-10 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:44:06 -0400: Hi, [snip] mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I don't see why they would need to store any Hydrogen. They could just produce it on demand through electrolysis. If they can't do this then the device is worthless anyway. It is a

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-10 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:24:14 -0400: Hi, [snip] mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Over the long haul, it's going to need to come from electrolysis anyway. That's where most of our hydrogen is. It doesn't need to cause explosions if done correctly. Of course. Over

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:05:15 -0400: Hi, [snip] That would be fine. Some people have suggested that the units should be sold with individual electrolyzers, so that they could be loaded with water instead of hydrogen. That would be a bad idea. [snip] I was one of

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-12 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:43:10 -0800: An on-board electrolyser can even deliver hydrogen at high pressure, by using a Pd cathode and driving the hydrogen out the back side of the cathode. Commercial electrolysers that use this technique save money and

Re: [Vo]:Wild Speculation..E-Cat Testing at Google

2011-09-16 Thread mixent
In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:52:38 -0500: Hi, [snip] Google used 2.3 megawatt-hours of juice in 2010...enough to power Salt Lake City. This works out to an average power of 262 W. Somehow I doubt the figure is accurate. ;) Regards, Robin van

Re: [Vo]: Another advancement toward an atomic 'strobe-light'...

2011-09-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:33:50 -0700: Hi, [snip] I now want to see the following experiment: - Hold a single H atom in a ‘fixture’ so that it is not physically touching anything else. This can be done in a vacuum chamber and using electric and/or

Re: [Vo]: Another advancement toward an atomic 'strobe-light'...

2011-09-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:07:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] The higher frequency e- oscillations of the inner e- ‘shells’ means they are traversing the ‘nucleus’ more frequently, thus, creating a stronger coupling to the proton oscillations in the ‘nucleus’, and

Re: [Vo]: Another advancement toward an atomic 'strobe-light'...

2011-09-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:07:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] What are the ends of the dipole? Getting back to the above paragraph of just what’s oscillating… and the aether being under tremendous stress/tension, perhaps one end of the dipole is a region of higher

Re: [Vo]: Another advancement toward an atomic 'strobe-light'...

2011-09-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:07:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] In a free H atom, in a vacuum chamber, not influenced by outside objects or fields, but due to subtle interactions with the proton oscillations, the e- oscillation will randomly rotate about that center

Re: [Vo]:the OTHER zero point

2011-09-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:12:09 -0400: Hi, [snip] In fact, the questions aren't nonsense; they just need to be carefully posed to get sensible answers out of them in a universe where SR applies. There is a distinguished frame for the universe: The rest

Re: [Vo]: FYI, CERN's first discoveries from CLOUD...

2011-09-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:13:44 -0700: Hi, [snip] CLOUD has already made several important discoveries. First, the experiment has shown that the most likely nucleating vapours, sulphuric acid and ammonia, cannot account for the nucleation that is observed

Re: [Vo]:Re: July 7th E-Cat test report

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Mattia Rizzi's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:31:58 +0200: Hi, [snip] The precise calculation of the output ***thermal energy in Kwh per hour***, which the reactor produces through the exothermal nuclear reaction of NICKEL-HYDROGEN. Look at image:

Re: [Vo]:Re: July 7th E-Cat test report

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Mattia Rizzi's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:31:58 +0200: Hi, [snip] PS - Try reading it like this: 9,412 Kwh/h *** ENERGY produced in a hour *** during the or if it makes it clearer, 9,412 Kwh/h *** ENERGY produced per hour *** during the (Energy per unit time = power). phase

Re: [Vo]:Practical limits of chemical storage in Rossi reactor

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:35:29 -0400: Hi, [snip] The most energy dense chemical fuel is liquid oxygen and hydrogen which combines to form water. It produces 285,800 J per mole. One mole of water is 16 g. Make that 18 grams. (16 for the Oxygen and 2 for the

Re: [Vo]:Apologize to list members, errorneous PM

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to peter.heck...@arcor.de's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:59:38 +0200 (CEST): Hi, [snip] Hello, I became aware that I repeatedly sent mails directly to list members. This was done in error. When Im at work I can only use a rather poor HTML online mail program. When I hit Reply on a

Re: [Vo]:New tidbits regarding Rossi's NASA tests

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Akira Shirakawa's message of Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:43:40 +0200: Hi, [snip] On 2011-10-04 19:18, Akira Shirakawa wrote: Hello group, More from New Energy Times on this matter: http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/10/06/nasa-wont-confirm-relationship-with-rossi-2/ “You can’t deliver

Re: W.: Aw: Re: [Vo]:prediction for the Oct 6 Fat Cat demo

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to peter.heck...@arcor.de's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:04:06 +0200 (CEST): Hi, [snip] I dont see this as a problem. It would be very fine if there is /repeatable/ evidence for anomalous heat. If there is enough excess heat that cannot be explained conventionally then this is a

Re: [Vo]:New tidbits regarding Rossi's NASA tests

2011-10-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Robert Leguillon's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:19:37 -0500: Hi, [snip] 1 MW is used as a measure of power transfer. The velocity of steam, through a given opening, produced by 1 MW cannot be calculated; too few required variables are populated. You would have to know beginning and

Re: [Vo]:Columbus blamed for Little Ice Age

2011-10-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Michele Comitini's message of Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:05:38 +0200: Hi, [snip] By sailing to the New World, Christopher Columbus and the other explorers who followed may have set off a chain of events that cooled Europe’s climate for centuries. short: http://goo.gl/Gl82A long:

Re: [Vo]:DGT Understands LENR

2011-10-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:37:53 -0300: Hi, [snip] It is extremely easy to prove within a few seconds that any of these devices work, without any kind of calorimetry, water heat or steam. Take it to the neutrino detector in Gran Sasso, Italy. The neutrino emission

Re: [Vo]:DGT Understands LENR

2011-10-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:16:30 -0300: Hi, [snip] The best part here it is that they indeed confirm that Rossi is lying about they not having the necessary know-how to make the core WOW! 2011/10/15 Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:DGT Understands LENR

2011-10-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:12:40 -0300: Hi, [snip] According to Rossi, Nickel transmutes to Copper and it decays to Nickel again by beta decay, so there is neutrino emission. This assumes that Rossi et al actually do know which reactions are taking place.

Re: [Vo]:DGT Understands LENR

2011-10-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:15:43 -0300: Hi, [snip] That's what I understand by reading this... Even though, we intend to support papers with results supported by the measurements from *new instruments **we had to develop in order to control* and further develop the

Re: [Vo]:DGT Understands LENR

2011-10-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:30:34 -0300: Hi, [snip] Who said they need the catalyst? I think the fact that they are still being nice to Rossi implies that they need something. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stemmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:37:46 -0700: Hi Jones, [snip] -Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson BTW, have you been able to discern anything interesting from the BLP CIHT patent? I seem to recall in that your last comment on the

Re: [Vo]:Steam engines

2011-10-20 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:47:32 -0400: Hi, [snip] As I said, efficiency does not matter, but longevity and the lifetime cost of the equipment does matter. See chapter 14 of my book. Efficiency does matter for two reasons. 1) Nickel availability. 2) Global

Re: [Vo]:1 MW plant testing is underway.

2011-10-23 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:11:37 -0400: Hi, [snip] The only part I do not get is: Why 1 MW? 10 kW is just as persuasive. There is probably a ~$500 billion marketplace for small reactors, say from 1 to 50 kW. Current world population is about 7 billion. Divided by

Re: [Vo]:1 MW plant testing is underway.

2011-10-23 Thread mixent
In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:55:48 -0500: Hi, [snip] Catalyst will flood the nickel cells at T minus 13 minutes. ...so the catalyst is a gas. :) ..any bets on which one? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk

Re: [Vo]: more progress on the 'electron strobe-light'

2011-10-24 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:54:51 -0700: Hi, [snip] In this example, the laser pulse of energy into the material gets coupled in thru the electrons (the first thing encountered since they effectively are a shield around the nucleus), but then that energy

Re: [Vo]: Is the ECAT out of the bag?

2011-10-29 Thread mixent
In reply to David Roberson's message of Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:10:37 -0400 (EDT): Hi David, [snip] I suggest you take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaics Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Forget John Galt, who is Domenico Fioravanti?

2011-10-30 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:11:46 -0400: Hi, [snip] OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: I would suggest that someone over at Rossi's blog ask Rossi for information on Domenico Fiorvanati. State the request simply and politely. I

Re: [Vo]:NASA: LENR powered aircraft so large that other aircraft can land on them in future.

2011-10-31 Thread mixent
In reply to David ledin's message of Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:50:20 +0330: Hi, [snip] NASA: LENR powered aircraft so large that other aircraft can land on them in future. http://www.slashgear.com/nuclear-powered-aircraft-so-large-other-aircraft-can-land-on-them-in-our-future-25190555/

Re: [Vo]:Steam engines

2011-11-01 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:19:49 -0400: Hi, [snip] mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Efficiency does matter for two reasons. 1) Nickel availability. 2) Global warming. Nope. 1. Even at very low efficiency this would only require a tiny fraction of the available

Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Danny Ross Lunsford's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:27:58 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] You can forget the hydrino. It does no good to adhere to bad ideas. Angular momentum conservation prevents it. We need to use good physics to get to the bottom of this phenomenon, and ruthlessly

Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:15:21 -0700: Hi, [snip] Lawandy also claims the electron is mirrored in an adjacent dielectric – not orbital. Lawandy bases his concept upon the notion of a surface. However at the density he hopes to achieve, the spacing between positive

Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:15:21 -0700: Hi, [snip] When the electron is not bound in a periodic motion of some kind around the nucleus, there is NO orbital. This describes the case when ordinary QM applies. When there is no orbital there can be NO fractional

Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:15:21 -0700: Hi, [snip] IOW – yes there are electrons in the general vicinity, which balance the electrostatic charge of protons or deuterons, but according to Miley the electrons in IRH are not located in orbitals around the protons -

Re: [Vo]:Did anyone hear about Miley's Pd-Zr results?

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 21:32:14 -0400: Hi, [snip] Ever since Arata introduced this technique I have felt it is probably more practical and better than electrochemical loading. It is a little surprising that it works at all, because most people say that loading

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to David Roberson's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:44:58 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Does anyone understand what happens to one of these fractional Rydberg hydrogen atoms once it is released into the atmosphere? Does it gain energy from the air and become standard hydrogen? I am just

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Danny Ross Lunsford's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:46:34 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] Fractional Rydberg? That's nonsense too - this isn't chemistry, it's not electrons. It's nucleons. The key point is that nickel 62 is at the peak of the binding-energy-per-nucleon curve. Somehow I

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Tue, 1 Nov 2011 15:38:36 -0400: Hi, [snip] Somehow inverse Rydberg matter may be formed between and among these tubules with the help of the high pressure and temperature of the hydrogen envelop and the mediating action of an alkaline catalyst. When did we

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to David Roberson's message of Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:12:47 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] That is the question that I would like to have answered. Would the hydrino be able to acquire the needed energy from the thermal energy available of the atmosphere? If not, why have not all of the

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Mill's and Lu paper define hydrino as fractional Rydberg

2011-11-02 Thread mixent
In reply to David Roberson's message of Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:37:00 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Thank you for the response. The hydrino cycle that I am describing, aka heat pump of some unusual type, would allow energy contained within the thermal surroundings to do work. I can imagine some of that

[Vo]:Thoughts on IRH

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
Hi, It just occurred to me that in IRH the proton is revolving very fast around the electron. The back of an envelope yields a kinetic energy of 291 eV. With that amount of kinetic energy, and at that orbital frequency, it may have a chance of tunneling into another nucleus in a reasonable time,

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Danny Ross Lunsford's message of Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:33:53 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] This is sort of what seems most natural to me. Something is happening on either side of NI62, and it gets into a cyclic state - once in a while by the magic of QM it overshoots and you get copper, or

Re: [Vo]:Thoughts on IRH

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sat, 5 Nov 2011 21:03:06 -0400: Hi, [snip] IRH sounds like an atomic version of a geocentric solar system. Indeed! :) Harry On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:47 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi, It just occurred to me that in IRH the proton is revolving very

Re: [Vo]:Rossi Nickel enrichment : is a liquid-phase Calutron possible?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Berke Durak's message of Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:06:25 -0400: Hi, [snip] If the assumption is that Ni64 is the only isotope that is reacting, then clearly the reaction itself is already selective of that isotope. So why bother enriching at all? Just use native Ni, and let the reaction

Re: [Vo]:Rossi Nickel enrichment : is a liquid-phase Calutron possible?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Berke Durak's message of Sat, 5 Nov 2011 22:03:31 -0400: Hi, [snip] Robin van Spaandonk wrote: So why bother enriching at all? Rossi himself stated that the fuel is enriched, and that the energy cost for enriching it for a 1 MW set of reactor is (only!) 200 W.h. By analogy with

Re: [Vo]:Rossi Nickel enrichment : is a liquid-phase Calutron possible?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:06:41 +1100: Hi, [snip] *IMO* Rossi just said that enrichment took place to throw others off the trail, and because he had only just discovered that reactions with isotopes other than Ni62 Ni64 produce gammas which can't be easily

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:35:00 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Probably, Robin, but the relatively recent discovery of the 65Fe isomer (which likely has been lurking in the universe for a long time) makes me wonder if other long-lived isomers have escaped

Re: [Vo]:Inverted Rydberg Matter

2011-11-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 7 Nov 2011 02:44:15 -0500: Hi, [snip] *D(-1) is the excited state of D(1) where protons and electrons chance places when sufficient kinetic energy is added to the D(1) species to form D(-1).* The reduction in potential energy should more than compensate

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:09:05 -0300: Hi, [snip] Now, assuming that the hypothesis is true, and proceeding in reverse order, we could(I want to clarify that I would NOT do it): - search for the geatest Internal Conversion Coefficients for a given element. - search

Re: [Vo]:iReport

2011-11-08 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:15:15 -0400: Hi, [snip] So, he just wrote AR a check and hooked the container up to his F250 and drove away? So, there wasn't a single investigative reporter who hopped on their Vespa and followed him? Are we to believe that it now

Re: [Vo]:What Happened with DGT

2011-11-08 Thread mixent
In reply to Daniel Rocha's message of Tue, 8 Nov 2011 22:19:28 -0200: Hi, [snip] That's the rest mass of the electron... So, any idea? This has already been extensively covered on Vortex since January. See the archives (hint:positron). 2011/11/8 Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com From Jeane

Re: [Vo]:Doing the Bosenova

2010-02-04 Thread mixent
In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:05:14 -0500: Hi, [snip] Could be. Any experimental data? Specific to Rubidium-85? Nope. That was just a snap judgement based on the binding energy curve, which has iron at the extremum. In general, elements heavier than iron

Re: [Vo]:Doing the Bosenova

2010-02-04 Thread mixent
In reply to Abd ul-Rahman Lomax's message of Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:25:46 -0500: Hi, [snip] Note also that Rb87 (~27%) is a beta emitter with a very long half life. Perhaps shrinking the BEC causes an acceleration of the beta decay? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk

Re: [Vo]:CF in Physics Today

2010-02-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:59:03 -0500: Hi, [snip] That's remarkably positive. Good! - Jed [snip] I don't really agree. They are trying to explain away CF results with comic ray muons, which is utter nonsense. That would explain energy production at the level of

Re: [Vo]:CF in Physics Today

2010-02-05 Thread mixent
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:00:36 +1100: Hi, [snip] According to http://www.cosmicrays.org/ the muon flux at the surface is about 200 / m^2 / sec. Assuming each muon catalyzes 120 fusion reactions, and each such reaction produces 23.8 MeV, we get a power

Re: [Vo]:CF in Physics Today

2010-02-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:10:01 -0500: Hi, [snip] Diurnal variations could come from many other factors such as the influence of light on the reactor. Just because such variations may exist, doesn't necessarily imply that muons are the primary cause CF reactions.

Re: [Vo]:Doing the Bosenova

2010-02-06 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:00:10 -0900: Hi, Neutron exchange reactions have been mentioned before, but perhaps proton exchange is also possible. In which case you might have been right the first time, since that reaction only requires the exchange (more

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