Jack, On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Jack Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
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. > It is counterintuitive, to be sure, to see a higher temperature reading for the thermocouple on the wall of the quartz tube correlate with a lower color temperature of the heating element. Perhaps there are ways to explain this. I wonder if refractory paint would be of any help here. Eric
