Alumina pulls in electrons rather than pushing them out, Is that correct? On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
> Axil, > > > > You seem to be misguided about the possibility of alumina as a thermionic > emitter of electrons. > > > > Alumina would not work as a glow tube cathode since it is a poor conductor > of electrons. Alumina has been used as a component for a ultra-thin oxide > coating of metal cathodes, but its bulk conductivity is way too low to be > used as an electron emitter for the Edison effect. > > > > However, a form of alumina (called beta alumina) is an excellent conductor > of positive charge carries such as sodium + ions. > > > > Positive charge carriers are usually not emitted so much as transferred > through a membrane or solid electrolyte -- as in the sodium-sulfur battery > – which relies on beta alumina. > > > > The E-cat X could use a beta-alumina tube as a solid electrolyte to pass > lithium ions (or sodium, potassium, or protons) but not electrons or > negative charge carriers. > > > > *From:* Axil Axil > > > > Speculation on how the E-Cat X works. > > The E-Cat-X might works as a Hot cathode. Photons produce hot electrons on > the surface of the alumina that are emitted from the surface. If a anode is > placed on the outside of the cathode to capture the emitted electrons, then > this will setup a current flow between the alumina and the wire grid acting > as a anode that surrounds the alumina. > > Alumina is a well known thermionic emitter. > > The steel clad core must produce particle emissions (meson) that set up a > LENR reaction in the alumina where the alumina gets hotter than the core. > Rossi may have seen the heater wire shadow in the Lugano test which shows > that the alumina was hotter than the heater wire which means that the > alumina is the site where the LENR reaction is taking place. > > Why would Rossi keep people away from his E-Cat-X? IF someone saw a wire > grid surrounding the alumina shell, it is easy to deduce how the E-Cat-X is > producing electricity. > > Rossi may have placed the E-Cat-X is a vacuum to optimize electron flow > between the cathode(alumina) and the anode (Wire grid or plate). >
