The Cravens experiment shows two important optimizations applied to LENR: direct application of magnetism and sizing particles based on dipole based black body temperature resonance.
A powdered magnet is used to provide magnetic stimulation of LENR reactions on the surface of carbon micro particles. This experiment shows that the LENR reaction is scalable down to very low levels of magnetic strength. Carbon is a poor nanoplasmonic material and should be replaced with tungsten, a nonmagnetic metal to increase the power of the reaction. http://periodictable.com/Properties/A/MagneticType.html Tungsten is paramagnetic and has a negative coefficient of reflectivity which will greatly increase SPP confinement on its surface. Other paramagnetic metals including Titanium, Molybdenum, and Palladium will work just as well. On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Here is a good writeup of the Cravens experiment/demo at NI week - which > may > go down as one of the most underappreciated experiments of the past decade > in Physics - due to its simplicity, far-reaching implications and lack of a > credible alternative explanation. If only it had been replicated by now. > http://www.infinite-energy.com/images/pdfs/NIWeekCravens.pdf > Actually, I think Dennis Cravens got one theoretical thing wrong - in his > belief that this result indicates fusion to helium. > In fact, it looks like the poster experiment for a Dirac sea explanation. > It > is even possible that the deuterium is fissioning to hydrogen - ala Mizuno. > Has he analyzed the gases after the many-month long run? > To quote from the article: > So what is in that warm golden ball? It contains an activated > carbon that holds metal alloy within its pores, some > magnetic powder, some hydrogen storage material and some > deuterium gas. It is thought that the heat is coming from the > fusion of deuterium nuclei to go to helium. However, there > are as many ideas of the exact reaction as there are theorists. > What is clear is the mixture produces heat because the sample > sphere in it is warmer than the control sphere containing > a little sand. The two spheres are in a highly conductive > bath of aluminum beads in a constant temperature bath > designed to be uniform and to hold the temperature constant. > > If one could combine this experiment with the addition of Mu metal like the > material used by Claytor, and raise the temperature of the bath to near the > Curie point - the gain could be much higher. > Actually there are a number of soft ferromagnetic alloys with a low Curie > point which should be effective for this kind of side-by-side experiment in > a thermal bath - while retaining the hard material (Sm). One in particular > which I have seen is 86 C, so it should work very well in a similar > experiment. > _____________________________________________ > Mu-metal is a nickel-iron alloy that is notable for its > high > magnetic permeability. The permeability makes mu-metal useful for shielding > against static or low-frequency magnetic fields - but the same feature > should make it an excellent lattice for LENR in the sense that shielding is > a function of a material being able to internalize magnetic fields. > > And there is an emerging cross-connection between Rydberg > states and magnetism, not to mention the binding energy of the Dirac sea is > itself a whole fraction (1/2) of Ry which is the Rydberg unit of energy. > > Co-Netic AA, is a brand of Mu metal consisting of > nickel(80%), iron(15%), and molybdenum(5%) with permeability of 30,000 or > more. It was mentioned by Dr. Claytor recently at the MIT Colloquium as > giving his best results. > > If this, or a similar alloy was to be converted into a > slightly oxidized powder, with added potassium - it could be an interesting > choice for the kind of LENR where magnetic oscillations are being optimized > - as the way to use protons to cohere vacuum energy. There would be thermal > gain, and no radiation. > > In terms of Rydberg multiples, this particular mix would > have 10 unique Rydberg levels in the ionization potential of its various > constituents or 12 if we count whole fractions. > > Jones > >
