Thanks very much, fellows,
Maybe this next week here at the lab I can try Keith's
suggestion of arcing to the surface.
In the meantime, I kept the voltage the same and went
to an even smaller diameter (about .001") hair wire
for the cathode - wow. In KOH, the plasma has now
moved from the violet "potassium" color to a bright
blue intense sheath along the wire. Pop the sheath
boundary by either tapping it briefly against the
anode, or the side of the beaker, and back to the
bubble mode it goes. Hissing and heating of the
electrolyte are getting more apparent. Set up my old
GM counter - nothing apparent as far as count rise
from the beaker right off the get go. yet.
nr
--- explorecraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bingo.
>
> You just hit on something important.
>
> Having seen similar effects in simliar setups,
> I have decided the overunity depends on
> the field gradient at the cathode.
>
> I have noted before how larger cathodes
> seemed cold and unresponsive, but I never
> made the connection until now.
> Intuitively, yes, but not quantitatively.
>
> Lower volatge with smaller radius is
> definitely a factor here.
>
> There is a sweet spot where voltage/radius
> begins to yield energy.
>
> Imagine:
> you could probably set a lower practical limit
> but I have been stymied by the practical limits
> of material failure at high energies.
>
> By the way, Roadrunner/AOL stinks
> I have had so many problems with those folks
> and their intransigent censorship.
> They don't even bounce emails -
> they just black-hole stuff.
>
> Keep going
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