Andy Findlay mentioned at one time that if you heat the end of a
metal rod with a blowtorch it takes time for the heat to reach the
other end, and that it continues coming after the heat is removed.
The following is a demonstration run showing this using a firebrick
"rod" and the input energy pattern from the 6 Oct E-cat test. The
heat ends up eventually evenly distributed (enthalpy works), but it
takes quite a while to get there. It is notable that fire brick can
withstand 1650°C temperatures without melting. Some ceramics do much
better and have similar characteristics otherwise.
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/Graph7Sx.png
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
