Eric, I was reading that the magnetic field of MRI machines is in the range of a couple of Tesla. As you know, these machines can be dangerous to approach when you are holding magnetic materials on your person. I have witnessed some remarkable behavior of materials that are introduced into such a field. It is interesting to move an aluminum bar inside the main region since it feels like you are stirring molasses.
I do not understand why the field level is mentioned as 1.6 tesla at 20 cm from the box since that would force the external field to spread far and wide. Any bolts, or other steel pieces nearby would be drawn to the box and I find it difficult to believe that this would not be detected. As you know, I am no fan of Mary. I actually have great expectations for DGT and their future, so what I am saying is from observations and just common sense instead of with any malice. Obviously, there is no way to know the level of the field that might be produced by the DGT beast without proper measurements. For this reason, I remain open to future proof by them. My inclination is to question the magnitude of the field. Perhaps, the units were in error. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Aug 3, 2013 1:55 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Some comments by me at Mats Lewan blog On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: Eric, all you need is a bit of patience and you will get the specific data and info you want/need. What exactly has high priority for you? Can I help you? Peter I have questions for them, but I'm a little worried about an infinite regress, especially if the replies are conveyed second-hand; I'll mention them anyway and let you decide what to do with them. How long does the magnetic field last? Does it correlate with their reaction? Why didn't we see its effects in the video? Is it generally in the neighborhood of 1+ Tesla when the reaction is underway? What is the box of shielding around the reactor for? Is it first and foremost to protect electronics from the magnetic field? Is it first and foremost related to radiation? How did they determine that 61Ni is unreactive? Did they do an isotopic analysis? Can they provide any details about the isotopic analysis if they did one? For example, did they purchase pure isotopes and try them out? When they talk about Rydberg hydrogen, are they specifically saying that the Rydberg excitation is in the hydrogen and not in the nickel? Or is it also, or primarily, in the nickel? Does their device run on pure hydrogen? Does it require deuterium impurity? These are the main questions that come to mind at this point, but I'm sure I'll think of others. Eric
