So that's 141.7g of water. It was an open container so heat freely dissipated and I would also presume that power was also going into electrolysis in addition to heating. So, based on Arnaud's calculations, we can't rule out purely electrical heating. I'll report on the next experiment which involves a control cell using pennies instead of nickels and no thoriated tungsten. I have two identical cells that I have filled with equal amounts of borax and water and will be powering from the same supply (one has thoriated tungsten/nickels and the other with pennies/copper).
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jack Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > It was 5 oz of water. I shut it down after the temp maxed out at 158F. > On Oct 1, 2012 12:29 PM, "Arnaud Kodeck" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Find here some simple calorimetry calculations : >> >> Electrical energy given to the system : 4.33 hours @ 12 watt = 187056 J >> => 44677 cal >> >> To rise the temp from 55 F to 146 F, the system need 50 cal/g of water. >> (Assuming electrodes and recipient are negligible) >> >> Assuming no loss of heat by dissipation, the electrical energy released >> will rise the temperature of 44677 / 50 = 884g of water. >> >> If Jack use more than 884g of water, we are sure that there is another >> energy source (chemical or other). >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* ken deboer [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* lundi 1 octobre 2012 19:00 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment >> >> Very interesting, indeed. How much water are you using? If everything >> were 100% efficient, and you were inputting 12 watts/hr = ~40 btu/hr, over >> 3 hours you would have 120 btu, which theoretically could raise 1 pound of >> water 120 F. >> Best regards, kend >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Jack Cole <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Jed, glad to do it. >>> >>> Small update: >>> >>> 7 am Temp 55F Start >>> 9 am Temp 110F >>> 10 am Temp 129F >>> 11:20 am Temp 146F >>> >>> Outside temp started at 55F and was at 57F at 11:20 am. >>> >>> I'll keep running until the temp levels off. At that point, I'll work >>> on setting up a control cell. The water has turned brown, so I presume >>> something is also happening with the copper (either in the nickels or the >>> exposed portion of copper wire attaching to the electrode). >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for doing this! >>>> >>>> - Jed >>>> >>>> >>> >>
