On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 9:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 1) The coefficient of thermal expansion between the plastic and the > metal coatings are at least an order of magnitude different. This > causes stresses between the coating layers and the core of plastic > ball. Repeated temperature changes of the metal coated ball will > cause the coating to flake off and will stop the energy generation > process. > This might explain why Patterson's later beads no longer produced excess energy. If Storm's theory is correct, it is the cracks resulting from the stresses which made the beads produce excess heat. If Patterson found a way to prevent the stressing due to the difference in coefficient of expansion, he might have solved the flaking problem; but, at the same time, he killed the process in preventing the surface cracking. Now wouldn't that be a hoot!
