On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Robert Lynn <[email protected] > wrote:
> Apart from the fact that the 'glue' would have residual porosity that > would probably help vent all hydrogen at high temp that is pretty strong > indicator that there is no refractory metal shell in there to prevent > leakage if that is a big deal. > This is a good point. Even if all is copacetic with the E-Cat (in contrast to the test), this points to a potential point of failure if hydrogen is important to the reaction. A metal shell would tend to shield any pulsed magnetic field that Rossi > claims is critical to operation. Also a metal shell would need to be > insulated to prevent shorting of the resistor wires, and all of that would > make the inner vessel even hotter - which seems pretty undesirable. > I do not think alumina would be considered a metal. Perhaps it is a ceramic. Here is one form of alumina: http://www.coilwindingwiretensioner.com/photo/pc1267958-99_alumina_ceramic_guide_eyelet_with_fine_polished_for_wire.jpg I suspect it is highly dielectric and conducts almost nothing. I do not think it would act as a Faraday cage. > An observer there for the opening reported no such refractory shell > (though might be under NDA). > Can you elaborate on this detail? Is it a CMNS thing? Eric
