The demo starts at about 47:10 into this you tube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JKm09vJQdqQ
Note that there is sometimes no return of the piston after the pop. Also note that there is ball lightning in the cylinder, maybe sign of Rydberg matter formation. Cheers: Axil On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Chemical Engineer <[email protected]>wrote: > Was that the popper? > > > On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Axil Axil wrote: > >> In a video of the Papp engine that was fitted with a transparent cylinder >> sleeve, no coil was used so that the reaction could be seen. The piston >> sometimes moved but not with any force. >> >> >> Cheers: Axil >> >> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> does that mean the piston does not move? >>> Harry >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Removing the coil disables the Papp reaction. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Cheers: Axil >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> sorry if this has already been discussed, but does the papp engine >>> >> heat up if the coil is removed? >>> >> >>> >> Harry >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:34:44 -0400: >>> >> > Hi, >>> >> > [snip] >>> >> >>(*C12* is C12 in an excited state - it has an additional 15.96 MeV >>> that >>> >> >> it* >>> >> >>* * >>> >> >> >>> >> >>*desperately wants to get rid of)* >>> >> >> >>> >> >>This is only true when the coulomb barrier is up at full strength. >>> But >>> >> >> when >>> >> >>the coulomb barrier is completely down, protons behave like >>> neutrons. >>> >> >> They >>> >> >>can exit the nucleus with no energy penalty. >>> >> >> >>> >> >>I explain this in the thread “the bumpy road.” >>> >> > >>> >> > If there were no energy penalty to protons (or neutrons) leaving the >>> >> > nucleus, >>> >> > then the nucleus would fall apart. This doesn't happen. >>> >> > >>> >> > BTW the Coulomb barrier is partially a misnomer. It's a Coulomb >>> barrier >>> >> > for >>> >> > positively charged particles trying to enter the nucleus, but >>> actually a >>> >> > nuclear >>> >> > binding force barrier for particles trying to leave the nucleus. >>> >> > >>> >> > Regards, >>> >> > >>> >> > Robin van Spaandonk >>> >> > >>> >> > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >>> >> > >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>
