Could it be blackbody radiation? The large amperage current should produce an extremely hot plasma within its path. The plasma would be expected to radiate strongly in the visible and UV regions one would think. What reason is there to suspect that anything unusual is happening with regard to the radiation under this condition?
Also, why would the type of vaporized metal make a significant difference if it is subject to such an extreme temperature? It would seem that the reflection behavior is mainly associated with metal in the solid form. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2015 12:11 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Polariton engineering imperatives Why does the Mills sun cell produce a ton of visible light? https://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-93a6d0d0564a0d9bbc0e35ec5e65c5b1?convert_to_webp=true Mills explodes copper and water in an high amperage low voltage arc. Like gold and silver, copper reflect best at visible frequencies. Water is transparent in the visible spectrum. So Mills is producing a massive amount of viable light rather than heat as Rossi and Piantelli do with nickel. As the graph shows, Mills would do well to switch to aluminum. The area under the curve is greater for aluminum than for copper. Aluminum will produce more visible light on the average than copper will. But silver is best of all for visible reflectivity but higher in cost.
