Ok, darn... so Terry is telling me that the exposiveness in a
microwave oven of my charged water is due only to the small NaCl
content. If 100% true, that makes it slightly less interesting in
a way, but that does not account for the much greater amount of
gas derived from this water during normal electrolysis (at least
for a while). This is hard to document but we are working on it.
BTW - placing a one liter HDPE cell (aka "tupperware") on a
magnetic stirrer (no stir bar, of course, as the cathode is
centered) instead of on a large magnet gives significantly more
turbulent action with the same low current through the cell - as
one might expect. Anode is nickel mesh held against the container
wall of the tupperware with plastic clothes-pins ... very high
tech. Calling this one the "whirlpool".
This is to determine if electromechanical motion is itself
significant in the precharging regime and Teflon is unnecessary
(polyethylene is also very hydrophobic). Too early to tell.
If the mechanical motion is important, Richard could make this
stuff in industrial quantities by adding some charging electrodes
to his monster vortex machine. Wouldn't surprise me if this has
already crossed his mind.
Jones
The water movement is being called "vortex" even through there is
no "hole" - the flow appears to spiral out to the wall, break into
eddies, go down, and come up again in the center - so the path of
an average molecule would most likely be roughly a helix. One
speculation is that any ordered macro-spin of water-movement
could, over time, impart some level of microstructure (if it can
be determined that electromechanical action is how the structural
viscosity develops).
Still hopeful that Terry can make some unsalted BAM water ...
