Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Axil Axil
There was a large amount of carbon in the element analysis of the fuel load. Could it be that Rossi used a organic sealant to stop hydrogen leakage? >From the report: "Besides the analyzed elements it has been found that the fuel also contains rather high concentrations of C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, Mn a

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Axil Axil
I think this is what you re saying using nano silver http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/131029/srep03066/full/srep03066.html?message-global=remove&WT.ec_id=SREP-639-20131101 Airtight metallic sealing at room temperature under small mechanical pressure On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Bob Higgins w

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Higgins
Ceramics, including aluminas, that are proton conductors are intentionally doped in the grains with metals designed to provide a chemical transport of hydrogen ions through the body, primarily at the grain boundaries (as I understand it). The CoorsTek AD-998 alumina is not designed for proton tran

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Higgins
I cannot claim to be a ceramic cement expert. Some cements are multiphase - they include a chemical bond to start, a glass phase that melts and bonds at higher temperature, and a ceramic forming phase that kicks in at at higher temperature still. Most are not intended to form a hermetic seal - th

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Cook
flows is somewhat better. If one wants real hermetic sealing, he should test it at temperature with He for leakage. Bob - Original Message - From: Jack Cole To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Cook
Bob Higgins-- I agree with your evaluation of STM. I bought STM stock about a year ago as a speculation in LENR. Bob - Original Message - From: Bob Higgins To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Jack Cole
According to the specs, it requires 24 hours to cure at room temperature. Do you think it is not hermetic because it's not capable of that, or because it wasn't cured? On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Bob Higgins wrote: > The first attempt did use a Cotronics Resbond 919, I think. These alumina

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Higgins
Having worked with STM in the past, I can tell you they are a high quality, high volume IC design and manufacturing company. I believe their primary interest is for self-powered ICs. I believe they are interested in LENR at a micron scale as block to put on future ICs for electrical power. Alrea

RE: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Jones Beene
I doubt that STM could have obtained effective IP coverage, based on the very loose specifications in the wording of their document, unless they have added something at a later date. If they intended to use microlithography techniques for facilitating the formation of SPP layers, and they coul

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Cook
Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry If money was no object, I would be interested in two tests to be run on a successful dog bone reactor. Test 1 Take a complete temperature based

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Cook
@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry Ø Worth mentioning. If soft x-rays were being downshifted to visible light, this could account for some of the brightness observed in the photos of Lugano. Is the

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Nick
Does this have anything to do with this topic? http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/09/23/st-microelectronics-files-lenr-patent/ ST Microelectronics patent, (US20130243143), From the Patent; These technologies may include, in particular, deposition techniques and photolithographic techniques curren

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Cook
Thanks for that explanation. Bob - Original Message - From: Bob Higgins To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry Parkhomov starts with a 10mm OD alumina tube with a 5mm ID

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Axil Axil
If money was no object, I would be interested in two tests to be run on a successful dog bone reactor. Test 1 Take a complete temperature based spectral analisys of the light an RF coming from the dog bone in successful operation including emission and absorption lines Test 2 After a successful

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Higgins
The first attempt did use a Cotronics Resbond 919, I think. These alumina cements are not hermetic. That's why glass frit seals are being examined - they are hermetic. On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Jack Cole wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I wonder about this Thermeez Ceramic putty. > > http://www.cotr

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Jack Cole
Hi Bob, I wonder about this Thermeez Ceramic putty. http://www.cotronics.com/catalog/51%20%20%207020%20%20901.pdf It cures at room temperature, so that removes the issue of hydrogen off gassing during curing. What I don't know is if it will be effective against holding in the hydrogen. I email

RE: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Jones Beene
Ø Worth mentioning. If soft x-rays were being downshifted to visible light, this could account for some of the brightness observed in the photos of Lugano. Is the light emission more intense than it should be for an incandescent wire embedded in cement? If so the COP was even higher than sta

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Higgins
Parkhomov starts with a 10mm OD alumina tube with a 5mm ID bore (so the wall of the tube is 2.5mm thick). He plugs both ends with an alumina rod and "cement" with the fuel inside. He hasn't said what "cement" he uses to hermetically seal the plugs in the tubing, but he does say that it is a hard

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Cook
alumina components of the Parkhomov experiment. Bob - Original Message - From: Bob Higgins To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry Parkhomov's alumina tube has a

RE: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Jones Beene
Yes that is a probably too much thickness to see soft x-rays. However, if all of the excess energy, let’s say it is over a kilowatt - originates as soft x-rays, then that is a very intense flux, and moving the window progressively closer could turn up a signal which is statistically meaning

Re: [Vo]:Lithium aluminum thin film and the Kretschmann geometry

2015-01-01 Thread Bob Higgins
Parkhomov's alumina tube has a wall thickness of 2.5mm and then he has 4-8 mm of alumina cement on top of that. I don't think any 3.6keV photons, if produced in the reaction, would make it though that mass at a measurable level above background. Parkhomov uses an SI-8B pancake tube with a large a