At 6:48 AM 3/2/5, Frederick Sparber wrote: >This thorough treatment (1919) of Antimony by Chung Yu Wang in Europe, nails >down the heat of phase change at "20 to 21 calories" (if I interpret it >correctly). > >This is in conflict with G. Gore's 1858 data where someone must have slipped >up on his "19.6 Calorie" figure. This apparent error is parroted in a >General Chemistry >text: Nebergall - Schmitt, Indiana University, CopyRight 1959, by D.C. >Heath and Company >that claimed "19,600 calories per gram" in the Explosive Antimony transition. > >My 1960s set of McGraw-Hill, Encyclopedia of Science and Technology also >state 20 calories per gram for the "Allotrope" transition. > >This pdf is 225 pages long, and well worth the read, It only took >my system (28.8 kbps & 400MHz processor) about an hour to bring it all up. > > >http://sciencemadness.destructve.com/antimony.pdf
I'm glad you got that nailed down, though I am disappointed it is so certain the free energy is not there. I was about to suggest doing the "burn" calorimetry in water, where it is stable at room temperature, by gradually raising the temperature to 70 deg. C where the allotrope is said to "fizz" instead of explode. > >Jones the "Tin Man" Beene can do this while he is getting oiled, >before confronting the Wizard of Alaska hiding behind that curtain. :-) Ignore that man behind the curtain! It's the fault of the Wizard of Oz (Robin van Spaandonk). 8^) Regards, Horace Heffner
