On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Peter Heckert wrote:
Am 03.12.2011 23:00, schrieb Horace Heffner:
Say, Bill Beaty's experiments made it as a reference on wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_thread_experiment
Yes, this experiment was made by others too and published in
science journals.
It must be seen that a strong current flows through the water thread.
This means there is a voltage gradient in the water thread. If the
threa becomes thinner, the resistance will increase and at this
position the voltage will increase and electrostatic forces pull
the thread together.
So the thread is in an dynamic equilibrium of electrostatic forces
and pinching.
In some videos it can be seen that the thread becomes boiling hot.
Ethanol does also conduct some electricity, also glycol and glycerine.
The resistance is some megohm between to wires in the fluid.
I believe, the effect is not specific to water and could be done
with these fluids also.
I tried it, but my HV source did not deliver enough power.
This experiment consumes some ten to hundred Watts.
Peter
Bill Beaty's water threads consumed very little power. He used an
about 10 micro-amp negative ion generator power supply, at 10-15 kV.
http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/airhard.html
http://amasci.com/emotor/negion.html
Personally, I take the fact that the large thread (as in the wiki
article, as opposed to Bill Beaty's water threads, which are much
smaller in diameter and much longer in length) de-ionized water
conducts so well as some evidence of the imposed structure creating
an effective proton conductor.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
