On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
Note that for acceleration, you need electrostatic charge -- ionized > hydrogen or, if you go along with the Defkalion paper, Rydberg hydrogen. > I take that back; there may be no need for acceleration. It might be sufficient for the hydrogen either to be absorbed into the nickel at the time of heating, or perhaps just to be exposed to the surface. The role of the spark plugs would be something else in that case -- perhaps to stimulate the nickel above the baseline of heat provided by the Joule heaters (along the lines of Dave's speculation) and perhaps to create a bias that will draw the hydrogen in, if the nickel is ground (Chuck's idea). Eric
