I could run some low power electrolysis for a day or two in some diluted hydrochloric acid. Think that would do the trick? Or do you have another idea for the acid?
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Hydrogen loading will surely be necessary at some level, but can > possibly be accommodated by combination of low pH electrolyte, not so low > as to dissolve the wires… or preferably by preloading etched wires for a > day under H2 pressure and modest heat, or even the simplest expedient which > would be during a slow electro-etching in weak acid- with the wires as > cathodes. The last would be the easiest to try for anyone without H2.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jack Cole **** > > ** ** > > That should be easy enough to carry out. I will order some constantan and > some more nitinol.**** > > **** > > Are you thinking that the hydrogen loading may be unnecessary?**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:* > *** > > Jack, **** > > If anomalous cooling in Nitinol (putative) is of any interest - here is > about the simplest experiment which can tell an experimenter something > worth knowing. I’ve not done it, but it is now on my list.**** > > It would be to compare the relative temperature rise using simple > resistance heating of a known mass of electrolyte and identical watt-hours > of input - using two wires of similar resistance, one of which is suspected > to cool anomalously (Nitinol) and the other to heat anomalously (Constantan > or Monel). **** > > No water-splitting or phase-change here to confuse things, just simple > heating of the same mass of water in otherwise identical runs - and logging > temperature rise over time with a precision thermometer - of each wire. My > guess is that Nitinol will supply slightly less heat to the water than > Constantan for the same electrical input. But this is based on Ahern’s > results with specialty nano-powder, so the expectation may not apply. Both > wires should be etched to provide Casimir porosity.**** > > In checking just now - the electrical resistivity of Constantan and > Nitinol are not the same, but close enough to get identical resistance in > two sample test wires. IOW - by varying the length of wires (or gauge or > both) one can get the same resistance. By using the same wetted surface > area with wires of different lengths, fairly accurate comparative results > should be possible even though there is slightly more constantan by length, > since the wetted area is the same. **** > > The results would not be a perfect indicator of an anomaly between the two > types of nickel alloy - but could inspire enough confidence to move onto a > more accurate (and expensive) technique.**** > > *From:* Jack Cole **** > > Jones, **** > > I'm still working the kinks out of the experimental procedures. At first > glance, the behavior doesn't appear to be different than the nickel and > tungsten. **** > > What I am working on now is a three electrode system. One is made out of > nitinol, and I'm using this as a heating element only. Another is made out > of nitinol of the same length as the one used for the heating element. The > third is made from stainless steel.**** > > With the Android control system, I am running DC electrolysis for 9 > seconds (16 watts) and then pulse 80-90 watts of 94khz AC (100 > milliseconds) through either the heating element or axially through the > cathode. **** > > What you end up with is a comparison of runs of pulsing the AC through the > cathode vs. pulsing it through the nitinol used as a heating element. I > have to make a new cathode and heating element and start over making > certain the impendance is matched for both. The idea is that you have one > nitinol wire loaded with hydrogen and one that is not loaded with hydrogen. > I'm thinking the HFAC current may trigger LENR in the hydrogen loaded > cathode but not in the heating element. **** > > I thought the nitinol is intriguing for the reasons you noted (titanium > and nickel being used in past experiments) and its shape changing when > heated. I think the next thing to try will be a similar setup using a > combination of tungsten and nitinol paired together. Then we'll be running > with 3 materials that have shown results from other researchers.**** > > **** > > Also, thank you for the thoughts on endotherm possibilities. I'll keep > that in mind if I see something anomalous.**** > > **** > > Jack**** > > **** > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:* > *** > > Jack,**** > > Nitinol is a interesting choice since both nickel and titanium are proton > conductors with a history of positive results in LENR - and the wire is > commonly available. Plus there is the strange “memory” effect (which could > be utilized for audible resonance). **** > > It appears from your other pages that you’ve done simple calorimetry to > see if there is evidence of thermal gain using nickel, tungsten etc. Even > though those results were apparently inconclusive, does Nitinol appear to > give markedly different results from the others? **** > > I said “different” instead of better - since it should be mentioned that > in Ahern’s testing for EPRI there was another anomaly – cooling. IIRC it > was an alloy of nickel and titanium (embedded in zirconia) which provided > the appearance of endotherm – the mysterious disappearance of input energy. > It might help to do an acid etch of the wire as the endotherm is associated > with nano-porosity (and Casimir – which can be both an attractive force or > repellent - depending on geometry changes)**** > > If you were seeking anomalous endotherm, which could be equally important > (theoretically) to gainful exotherm, the experiment would probably need > different parameters - such as lower voltage DC and surface treatment for > nanostructure - but it could be worth the effort. **** > > Adding energy to achieve a lower thermal state may seem to be > counterproductive at first glance, but perhaps it is the one detail that > will make everything understandable. **** > > There was a bit of evidence that the quantumheat.org folks saw a bit of > endotherm and were trying to explain it way – rather than to deal with it > as part of the package of Ni-H oddities.**** > > Jones**** > > *From:* Jack Cole **** > > I've been conducting a new series of electrolysis experiments with Nitinol > (56% nickel/44% titanium). I did a little video demonstrating nitinol's > effect of contracting when heated while running an electrolysis experiment. > I'm using KOH as the electrolyte. **** > > May be of interest to some here. Seems to me that this alloy may be > promising for LENR. **** > > > http://www.lenr-coldfusion.com/2013/01/23/automated-android-electrolysis-system-nitinol-demonstration/ > **** > > **** > > Best regards,**** > > Jack**** > > **** > > **** > > ** ** >
