Some of the Kanzius-effect details are almost beginning to fall into a rational MO (modus operandi).
It turns out that the 13.56-MHz radio frequency is a harmonic of the naturalfrequency of sodium ions, according to Dr. Roy at PSU. This is a bit of serendipity, it seems. These RF waves, to the extent that they can propagate in salt water, cause the positive sodium ions tovibrate intensely. At this degree of vibration, the Vander Waal force - which is the near-field charge polarity effect of molecules [which is different but arguably linked to the Casimir force by geometry similarities], can then attract the oxygen end of the water molecule much closer than normal [the O end has a slightly negative charge]. A percentage of the positive sodium ions can then bind temporarily with the OH--H, and if the vibration is severe enough, as is often the case, then the one proton from the water molecule at the far end will be freed... (protons are actually freed naturally for short time spans in pure water, so this is no big deal). >From the perspective of the loosest proton in such a case, the attractive >charge of the remaining hydroxyl has been diminished, as that hydroxyl is >temporarily forming sodium hydroxide (lye) ... but that new lye bond is almost >as stable as the former salt ionic bond; thus freeing up the one proton much >of the time -- and as a further result of the NaOH, the chloride ion has lost >its polarity-partner. The nascent hydrogen (proton) can either find another one, forming hydrogen gas, which would happen more often if there were free electrons - or else the nascent hydrogen will find a freed chloride ion and the net result is a violent secondary 'combustion.' It could be made much more violent if the chlorine were to become "photoactivated". If there is any OU in this system (and there has been NO indication of that so far) then it might derive from the secondary combustion being "suprachemical" at least on occasion in the QM sense of a bare proton being able to tunnel into the k-shell of the photoactivated chlorine. Teaser: There is actually some (fairly decent) historical evidence that deuterium and photoactivated chlorine combine with near-nuclear (supra-chemical) effects resulting in neutron stripping ! More on that at the end. Chlorine gas would be encouraged to form if the two ions could both get rid of their extra electrons, which is rare- therefore the choline ion can only combust or reverse the lye forming reaction and neutralize the base. IOW the RF creates a violent sew-saw of reactions, since the (former) positive ion (sodium) of NaCl has been temporarily bound with the hydroxide from water, forming lye temporarily - that is why we would find all of this instability from only "non-ionizing" energy (the RF at 13.46 Mhz). >From the above, if that scenario happened often enough, we would expect a >strong anomaly in excess heat, and resulting overunity. This reaction has not >been documented to be anything but conservative, however. The most likely >reason for the present situation is the lack of easy penetration or >propagation of RF through salt water. In fact the RF which is used is rapidly attenuated. Kanzius claims he has found an additive which increases the H2 output, but it is now a secret. From what has appeared, that additive might be suspected to function as a facilitator of RF propagation in the saltwater, but one wonders if there is not a much easier way. As a gas, chlorine could exit the liquid saltwater, along with the H2. However, since it begins with an ion, most of the local nascent hydrogen and chlorine ions would be expected to burn even before they can leave the cell. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is produced and it is very hot initially: this is the dense gas produced during combustion of materials with a high chlorine content. HCl is extremely hygroscopic, and will attract all the water vapor in its path, but in the first few milliseconds following combustion it is hot and rapidly is expelled. This is the characteristic yellow color seen in the video. In fact, from the video, it is possible that the HCl is the dominant gas being evolved and that there is very little H2 to burn. If true, the radio waves may be givingelectrolysis at an energy "discount," but with un-usable H2 since it has already been converted into HCl, allowing the yellow flame to produce anet energy gain without breaking any thermodynamic laws if the saltwater itself drops in temperature. All which is apparent at this stage of understanding is that this is a very promising niche in alternative energy field -- which in a perfect world, would attract the huge amount of needed funding which would be required to try to push it into commercial usefullness. Jones Below is some speculative information from old posting on "supra-chemical" (ballotechnic) reactions' which anecdotally have been claimed to produce nuclear reactions (neutron stripping). Sixty eight years ago, Dr. George Kistiakowsky became Head of the Explosives Division of the Manhattan Project, and a few years later was inventor the first A-bomb "trigger," which is among the only work of that period which today is still highly classified. Kistiakowsky found that deuterium, when combusted with "photo-activated" chlorine released copious neutrons, and that this reaction could make an ideal trigger for an implosion bomb, since it also produced neutrons and obviated the need for tritium. If true, this would have been a suprachemical reaction involving the energy of the chloine k-shell which becomes activate photchemically. Beyond that assertion, which itself is highly controversial, the details are slim. Most of the information which has reached the public has come via post-cold-war Russia - and the release of their spy records and claims by former spies. All we can say is that the Russians not only believed it was true, but apparently duplicated the reaction, but found the reaction was too unstable to use in a reliable weapon. Why was this R&D, which is possibly the first well-documented case of LENR not carried forward? Could it have been the predecessor of present-day LENR and could it have put us in a better position to perfect low energy reactions, had the truth been known? That is a great historical mystery, but it is all tied into the tragic case of what is known as the "Port Chicago Incident" which may eventually turn out to have been the first (accidental) A-bomb explosion, instead of the better-known explosion at Alamogordo the following year. This is one secret which is buried so deep in secrecy orders and high-level embarrassment, that it defies all efforts to pry out, and we may never know. The smoking gun is the thousands of pages of Port Chicago related documents which are (were) in the Los Alamos library. Why on earth would that Laboratory, which was highly secretive, understaffed n 1943 and focued solely on high tech nuclear R&D at the time, have cared at all about an "ordinary" arms accidental explosion, if it was only conventional weapons? There is not a single page in the library from that time period related to any other military non-nuclear incident, except for Port Chicago. Go figure.
