Eric, I think it means that at the same power input level, more heat would be conducted away from the heating element into the water giving the appearance of a greater power output. I think the only way this could be true is if more heat conducts out of the ends of the quartz tubes (instead of into the water) in the air condition compared with the hydrogen condition.
The same amount of power must be dissipated in both conditions assuming the same input power. The only path I see to a false result is that there are different heat conduction paths comparing the hydrogen to air conditions. Jack On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 2:20 PM Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Jack Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good find. Reading the translated comments, there are some good points. >> Specifically, the hydrogen conducts heat at a much higher rate to the >> quartz outer tube. Thus, the nickel wire is not as bright under hydrogen. >> > > I understand you to mean that because the heat conduction of hydrogen is > greater than that of air, you can have a larger power output while > observing a lower temperature in the heating element (as evidenced by the > lower color temperature). Is this understanding correct? Does this mean > that the thermocouple attached to the side of the tube would be of no help > here, and the delta in the water temperature is what would be important? > > In the video, one of the captions said: "We change the conditions of the > experiment and raise blood pressure." I don't think it was that stressful. > > Eric > >
