This event could be very significant. If the estimate of 2-3 cc
of hydrox gas mixture is right, it doesn't seem that this could
have been the source of the explosion.
That does seem odd. This estimate is based upon the volume of headspace in the cell, and the assumption that the outlet tube was not plugged up in the effluent gas was at 1 atm. I assume he checked the outlet tube for obstructions after the accident -- but he has not told me he did that.
Did they have any nuclear radiation/particle detectors there,
even a film dosimeter?
Probably only a neutron detector. I'll bet he gets a proper detector now!
This may be a major breakthrough, and it was with light water!
Hopefully the effect can be replicated (under safe conditions),
and filmed through a telescopic lens.
There would be no need to use a telescopic lens. The camera could be placed close to the cell, perhaps behind heavy Plexiglas. However, I doubt this effect can be replicated. Mizuno has run the experiment hundreds of times over many years and nothing like this has occurred previously. There was nothing special or different about this particular run, so it seems very unlikely that the same thing will happen again anytime soon.
Vincenzo Iorio, who is also doing glow discharge experiments, made the following comments:
"I believe that the explosion is due to an accumulation of gas (H2 and O2) . . .
I also want to recommend to everybody to be very careful to the gases that are produced in the cell during the trial. I have noted production of thallium in the gas. This element is very toxic. I also want to recommend to put a screen in transparent Plexiglas of 1 cm thickness in front of the experimental apparatus."
- Jed
