The recent examination of deflation fusion scenarios indicate high
voltage Zr electrolysis in the blue-green glow range may be useful to
look for weak reactions and strange matter creation.
I have run Zr electrode pairs in AC electrospark experiments at over
400 V. The breakdown voltage for conditioned electrodes was observed
to be in the 280-320 V range. It is important to never exceed
breakdown voltage to run in the glow range. It is important to
slowly condition Zr so as to avoid going into the electrospark range
and thus destroying the Zr electrodes. See:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/GlowExper.pdf
For an example of what not to do, i.e. push power before conditioning
so as to go into an electrospark range, instead of a glow range, and
destroy the ZrO surface by perforating it, see:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/OrangeGlow.pdf
A useful electrolyte might be obtained using either saturated
pickling lime, i.e. CaO, or boric acid. Alternating between acidic
and basic electrolytes may be useful for long term running.
Current can be controlled using a two cells in series system, one
with low conductivity to act only as a resister, that resistance
varied by adding salts, the other being the live cell.
Glow activity, as well as LENR, may produce UV or EUV. Dyes, such as
fluorescein or rhodamine 6G, may be useful for observing or
photographing active areas, and developing a conditioning protocol.
After long running in a glow regime, the Zr electrodes can be heated
in a vacuum as a HV anode, in order to emit atoms for accelerating to
a target at voltages of 10 keV or more. If high energy reactions are
observed in the target are then this wold be a possible indication of
strange matter creation.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
