For those not really interested in OFF TOPIC Horse Puckey.
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> This is in contrast with the 4-circular-concentric-cell "Joe Cell"
> (with 1 Megohm-cm water with dissolved CO2)
> Total Resistance ~ 10,000 ohms = 1.2 milliamperes at 12 volts DC.
> Series Capacitance
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_____________________________________ 6 inch dia outer cylinder Anode.
________________________________ 5.25 inch dia
____________________________ 4.25 inch dia
_________________________ 3.25 inch dia
___________________ 2.0 inch dia Cathode
For the purest that wants to nail down the capacitance:
"the capacitance per unit length is defined as"
2 (pi) K * eo/ ln [b/a]
----- Original Message -----From: Frederick SparberTo: vortex-lSent: 5/22/2006 1:27:24 AMSubject: Re: Helmholtz Layer Metal-Water Interface, Joe Cell EtcPosted earlier.>> With our cell adding a very small amount of baking> soda increased the current from 2 milliamperes up> to 21 milliamperes.> Gas yield tests are under way using balloons so that> pressure or vacuum in the electrolysis chamber can be handled.>At 17-19 milliamperes, several hours of electrolysis yielded only smallgas production on the 12-plate (SS each 70 cm^2 spaced 1.0 cm) with 12volts DC applied to the end plates (11 cells in series).More NaHCO3-water solution was fed to the sealed cell, whichincreased the current to 500 milliamperes. (6 watts at ~ 1.1 volts/cell)The balloon inflated post haste. :-)Total cell resistance 24 ohms, ohms/cell 24/11 = 2.2 ohmsElectrolyte resistivity (rho) = 70 * 2.2 = 153 ohm-cmThis is in contrast with the 4-circular-concentric-cell "Joe Cell"(with 1 Megohm-cm water with dissolved CO2)Total Resistance ~ 10,000 ohms = 1.2 milliamperes at 12 volts DC.Series Capacitance ~2.8 to ~5.6 nanofarads/cell_____________________________________ 6 inch dia outer cylinder Anode.________________________________ 5.25 inch dia______________________________ 4.25 inch dia_________________________ 3.25 inch dia___________________ 2.0 inch dia Cathode
