Sadly more than an hour into a controlled experiment, pennies are outdoing the nickel (100.7F vs. 92.1F). So for now, this looks to be a failure to replicate on two fronts (copper not resulting in heating and superiority of nickel). I'll report again if I find something different.
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > DC electrolysis is inefficient at raising the temperature of an > electrolyte for two obvious reasons. Water-splitting itself uses up much of > the current, and when the split gases are not recombined, then that energy > is completely lost; plus the split gases, apart from the energy used to > split them - can also carry away an additional amount of the heat as > saturated mist, which actually cools the electrolyte. **** > > ** ** > > You were less than 50% efficient in heating the water with DC. If there > was any slight gain from Ni-H or boron, it would have been completely > missed in the inefficiency.**** > > ** ** > > If your main goal is to raise the heat of the electrolyte – then DC is not > the way to go - use AC and use wider separation of electrodes - limit > bubble formation as much as possible – thus to maximize the Ohmic heat > retained in the electrolyte. That way, if there is any excess heat from an > anomalous source - you will at least have a chance that it can be seen.*** > * > > ** ** > > *From:* Jack Cole **** > > ** ** > > It was 5 oz of water. I shut it down after the temp maxed out at 158F.*** > * > > ** ** > > "Arnaud Kodeck" wrote:**** > > **** > > If Jack use more than 884g of water, we are sure that there is another > energy source (chemical or other). **** > > ** ** > >
