I had that weird thought too that the reactor might be generating microwave radiation and heating the water...
Tin foil hat time again On Friday, January 2, 2015, Ken Deboer <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding the 'shell' of various LENR reactors, I wonder if someone could > recap or comment on what the history has been and what some of the > considerations and rational were behind them. Most reactors have been > built around steel if I'm not mistaken, and some of glass. The new Rossi > model is of alumina and I wonder what led him to that? Also, someone a > good while back, Jones I think, mentioned about maybe silicon carbide > having some beneficial features (electrical or electromagnetic?). People > have mused about what kinds of physical or geometric, micro or macro, > configurations might help, and all this seems to me to be of value. I > also had another wild (dangerous!) thought----- heating by microwave? > cheers, ken > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Bob Cook <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I think the size of the nano Ni is important in creating resonant >> conditions to support LENR reactions in a magnetic field. This may include >> cavity sizes. >> >> Bob >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Nick <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> *To:* [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 01, 2015 6:06 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:The melting miracle >> >> I’m way out of my zone of expertise here, as a speaker >> builder/designer, I am familiar with resonant frequencies of boxes, >> cavities, or spaces. Has the possibility that Rossi is optimizing the >> reactor design so the reactor cavity resonates at specific frequencies? Has >> this been considered? We’ve all seen the YouTube videos that show how >> powdered materials dance and move in patterns when subjected to strong >> fields of acoustic energy at varying frequencies. Acoustic waves can >> levitate heavy objects, is it not possible that such an effect could keep >> the powder mix in a turbulent and evenly distributed state even when at >> high temperatures? The sintering seen afterward could be taking place when >> the device is powered down and the fuel mix settles to the bottom, no >> longer being agitated. I realize I don’t have the background to tell you >> much of anything that you do not already know in this discussion, but I >> have not seen the subject addressed, at least not that I can recall. The >> differing pressures and temperatures inside the active vessel would alter >> these figures significantly I'm sure, but these such factors could be >> addressed and managed. >> >> A link about this here, >> http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/cavity.html#c1 >> >> Resonance of a Coke Bottle, >> http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/waves/coke.html#c1 >> >> >> Nixter >> >> >> On Thursday, January 1, 2015 4:08 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >> >> As I have stated in another thread: >> >> "Doing science inside the dog bone can be like doing science inside >> another universe. There is no certainty that physics or chemistry works >> that same inside the a functioning dog bone as it does in the real world. >> Maybe different physical rules apply." >> >> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >> I am interested in what keeps the Rossi micro powder from >> sintering/melting at high surface temperatures when the reactor is in >> operation. We call this weird behavior the melting miracle. >> >> This is an interesting question. If the same internal/external >> temperature gradient was in effect in the Lugano test as seen in the MFMP " >> dogbone" calibrations (at the higher temperatures, a delta T of 330 C >> [1]), we're left with some weird possibilities to sort through: >> >> - the temperature calculated for the outside of the Lugano E-Cat was >> significantly lower than 1400. >> - the nickel in the volume of the core of the Lugano reactor was not >> subject to the same amount of heat across the length of the core, and the >> nickel extracted for the isotope assays was from an area that maintained a >> temperature below the point of the complete melting point of nickel. >> - the outside temperature of the Lugano reactor was as reported, and >> the nickel in the core vaporized and then recrystallized when the >> temperature was still high towards the end of the test, resulting in a >> partially sintered appearance, while somehow maintaining an isotope >> gradient. >> - other possibilities? >> >> I do not know what unsintered nickel looks like, so it is hard for me to >> get a sense of where along the spectrum the nickel in the images taken from >> the Lugano assays was. >> >> Eric >> >> >> [1] http://www.e-catworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DogboneDec30.jpg >> >> >> >> >> >
