Nick, This is really provocative work, and like almost all experiments done in LENR, it presents more unanswered questions than can be easily addressed without recourse to a large staff and larger budget. The work should inspire anyone with a low budget and some creativity, however, as there are a number of ways to contribute to this line of inquiry by just following up on your results.
You are bordering on the crossover area between the hydrino work of Mills and the work of Mizuno, where there is definitely excess heat. I am actually glad that you didn't pursue the excess heat thing too greatly, as it can be a distraction - all we need in one more finding of excess heat to go go with the several hundred which are already out there. That photo "J" is indicative of the eerie pinkish purple color which is associated with the Mizuno OU regime. What is needed now - more so than additional excess heat findings - is some indication of "other" physical changes taking place which can be investigated... and you have accomplished a first step in this regard. (I hope you did not discard that "mopped-up" electrolyte) If you or anyone else is considering more work along these lines, here is a thought. About 2/3 of the way throught the document, you say, "We also observed, using the light water solution and light water solution "doped" with D2O, a potentially interesting phenomenon. Periodically during the steady state glow discharge, a short lived "bright burst" would occur on the cathode, where the intensity of the plasma would flare up momentarily, and the overall color of the glow region would shift from the typical violet toward a pinkish or lighter violet hue. The frequency of the bright bursts was about once per 20 to 30 seconds. On several occasions, we observed a corresponding momentary jump in Geiger counter cpm, but not for all or even most such events." Now I imagine that if Robin is listening, he is going to opine that what you were seeing is related to a build-up of hydrinos/deuterinos. If this is true, it is just one more reason why anyone in LENR work should try to use Mills' insight if it can help - forget the rivalry B.S. - but advance Mills along different lines. IOW Mills himself is missing a golden opportunity by not experimenting with D2O and with mixes of H2O and D2O in electrolytic glow discharges. Further evidence of what could be an unusual phenomenon taking place in the D20, if it contains manufactured deuterinos after electrolysis, could be after the explosion, when you state in " mopping up the K2CO3:D2O solution from the floor and bench top, an unusual property was noted, that did not seem to be present with light water solutions. The heavy solution resisted absorption into cloth or paper towels to an uncanny degree. While the viscosity of both heavy and light K2CO3 solution batches appeared to be similar (very slightly syrupy) the reluctance to wicking was not. " Now, just thinking out loud, this the change in properties of the solution could be mundane OR it could be pointing to a potentially valuable discovery... if for instance deuterinos are forming more rapidly than hydrinos under the same circumstances and then binding to form the corresponding ionic quasi-compounds (prepolymers) with the potassium, then it is those new compounds which could be responsible for changes. They should be pre-polymer-like because they should have exceeding large van der waals forces between agglomerations. This would be especailly true in the magnetized version or when striiring with a magnetic stirrer. Deuterinos are at a geometry where van der waals forces could be a factor of eight times (minimum) greater than with normal ionic prepolymers. It might be interesting to try to "manufacture" a supply of this non-absorbing syrup, even dry it out for use in other work. Maybe the same effect will show up with light water after a much longer period of electrolysis. One could try much stronger magnets, for instance. It might also be interesting to try as a cathode a hollow syringe needle. Why? well if this is hydrino-related then finding a proper ion density is a critical parameter and probably one reason that the thicker cathodes do not work as well as thin. The hollow cavity might be a geometry that would be benficial. IOW there are now far more questions begging to be answered, and possible routes to pursue. Good luck. Jones
