Hi Arnaud,
Yes, I did try two other electrolytes; Boric Acid (H3BO3) was one,
and Potassium Hydroxide (KOH). Mills was a proponent of the KOH and nickel
and his shrunken hydrogen theory (the hydrino concept) was interesting.
He put some work into, but I could never get it to work. The metals just
stayed cold and after several days, I gave up on that. I thought the
H3BO2 might be good, but it's not a good electrolyte (in-fact it's not
conductive at all). At first I tried that with aluminum cathode with the
idea that since boron is in the same column on the periodic table as Al,
that B might break of and embed into the Aluminum, where it might be a
better chance to encounter a H ion. That didn't work so I tried mixing
Borax and Boric Acid in-solution. That actually seemed to help. The
amperage increased, as well as temp. That was with 11V dc, at 1 to 1.24
ams. The temp on a 100ml flask reached 69+C and required frequent
refreshes of water until it just started declining the next day. That was
Ni+ Cu- electrodes.
I also wanted to try titanium since Steve Jones was using that.and it
absorbed hydrogen very well. I just never got around to that series, and
I was already puzzled enough with the Nickel results.
Good luck with your experiments.
Best Regards,
Chuck
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Arnaud Kodeck <arnaud.kod...@lakoco.be>wrote:
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> Hello Chuck,
>
> You have made an interresting experiment worth to try to repeat.
> Teslaalset and Dave are on it seems.
>
> Chuch, did you try with another salt than Borax and succeed on excess heat
> as you had with Borax ? Is Borax a key element ?
>
> Best regards,
> Arnaud Kodeck
>
