I just wanted to take time to compliment Jed Rothwell on his letter to
Parksie. Jed, you the man. It just tickles me when someone tells the old
devil off.
Your post on the increasing instability of C F cells with increasing
power was a necessary, but not too pleasant reality check on any
irrational exuberance resulting from advances in the field.
While I'm on a roll. The Japanese researcher, Muzano? who had the flask
explode, is a subject of continuing interest to me. Judging from the
damage done to the container, which was of stout glass, I estimate 1/8
inch, there was a substantial release energy. The bottom of the
container was cracked in a manner, it looked like someone took a chisel
and struck it in the center. This says detonation from a small space to
me. As I recall, there was a funnel in the container, this might have
acted to focus the shock wave on the bottom. Now the problem is figuring
out what caused the event, and how to control it. The instability Jed
mentioned occurs with just 4 W of energy. I envisioned one 1000 times
that size.
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