Jones Beene wrote:
No. Once again. A temperature rise of 17,000 degrees in 10 seconds
in the cathode is proof postive that there could have been NO
preexisting hydogen in the headspace (unless oxygen was totally absent).
Yes, I was going to say I agree with that too -- and your previous
message. Actually, the event was about 15 or 20 seconds, not 10.
Anyway, a heat release on that scale lasting even a fraction of a
second would have triggered a conventional recombination explosion in
the headspace, although not in the incubator I suppose.
Mizuno reported that the glow began underwater, as shown in the
drawings recreating the event from memory. It remained underwater for
an appreciable length of time -- enough for him to take note of it.
The very small mass of accelerating material at high kinetic energy could not
have damaged a much larger mass of tubing or other parts (million to
one mass difference).
The Tygon tubes were reportedly undamaged.
- Jed
