Thanks Jed. I reviewed the slides and find them most interesting. Slide 23 shows the metal after activation. Does the HV discharge lead to bubbles or are the visible structures holes left in the metal? Could bubbles be a result of local melting of the nickel followed by surface tension drawing the molten metal into blobs? This is a process that I am not familiar with and perhaps someone might explain the structure.
Also, how critical is the amount of electrical energy released during each discharge? Does too much energy lead to bumps that are too large? Likewise, would too little energy cause the structures to cease to form? Of course I have to wonder how consistent the surface features are among the many mesh particles. Here, I am curious about how the inner particles are effected by the discharge when they are shielded by the outer ones. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 27, 2014 10:41 am Subject: [Vo]:Yoshino slides from 2014 MIT Colloquium Finally! The slides are here: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/YoshinoHreplicable.pdf I will replace a few of the graphs that still have Japanese text in them later. - Jed
