Jones,
I have written to Alexander as you suggested with questions and my
recommendations. Sputtering the anode does indeed increase the reactive
surface area, thanks-I was unaware of this fact but I still think a bulk
nanopowder would provide far more surface area and I don't think it needs to
be part of the electrical circuit. I don't recall if Mills uses a PWM heater
inside his reactor but don't think the powder has to be part of the circuit
and may even hurt the reaction since Casimir force is based on separation
between uncharged plates. I would like to know why they chose a low pressure
tube and a quick search of Vortex reveals you were once thinking same idea
of mixing with different ratios of inert gas..
> From: "Jones Beene" circa 2005
By Jove, I think Sparber has it!
> If any experimenter is contemplating a replication - and is going to buy
the
> similar Svetlana tube and then modify it for a replication, it would be
> highly recommended (and relatively easy) to add a valve and vacuum gauge
to
> create a filling port so that different pressures, and different
combinations
> of gases - particularly H2 + He (the BLP formula) can be tried.
Regards
Fran
>From Jones Beene
Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:15
Fran,
The gainful reaction occurs on what would be the anode, not the filament -
and the guy who had the tubes modified at the famous Svetlana tube factory
(Frolov) disclosed that the anode was massively sputtered with Tungsten.
So you could be correct on the Casimir cavity being active. Sputtering
should provide lots of cavities.
Frolov has a patent in Russia on this, but you might want to try to contact
him anyway.
Jones
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