My hypothesis about the dummy run is the following: Out of a now-proven-irrational desire to avoid even the appearance of cordiality between the scientists and the inventor, they neglected to share information about the experimental protocol and reactor operating characteristics (that the reactor can run at up 900W input). This resulted in a dummy run that allowed for proper instrument calibration and demonstrated the accuracy of the measurements, but is unsatisfactory to some critics.
>From all appearances, the point is mute anyway. The transparency of alumina is to wavelengths outside of the range measured by the IR cameras. On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jed, > > I don't think this is correct (about it needing to be white hot). When I > examine the colors, they almost border on being too hot. > > White hot puts you up in the 6000+C range according to Wikipedia. Or am I > misunderstanding something? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature > > Jed wrote: > I have not endorsed these results. I know little about IR cameras. I did > point out that the color is wrong, at least in the photograph we have seen. > It should be incandescent white. I also pointed out several ways to > determine whether there is an error, such as comparing the temperature to > the thermocouple, and looking for large differences in different zones. > > >
