The sodium lines seen in the grape microwave experiment may have come from transmutation of potassium into sodium, Grapes don't contain much sodium: 2mg vs, 176mg per cup
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 5:38 PM Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > The sparking phenomenon of KCl is partially explained by the "plasma > grape" phenomenon, especially since grapes contain potassium and sodium. > > Here is a video of the grape effect - which goes part of the way to > explain the more general case, > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I > > At about 6:40 in the video Veritasium shows the emission spectrum of the > plasma which is basically a spike of potassium with contribution of sodium. > A further contribution from hydrinos is doubtful due to the absence of > Lyman line broadening. > > The self-focusing standing wave and internal reflection of the microwaves > in grapes provide heat but no plasma since the GHz photons are > non-ionizing, and essentially most of the plasma consists of potassium and > sodium ions indicating that they are somehow activated. Since grapes > contain sugar which ignites with the sparking - a situation of using no > "fuel" (plain KCl solution) would be more impressive. > > A further refinement would be to fill a pair of tiny balloons (about the > size of grapes) with a KCl solution then nuke them and compare that > sparking to the grapes -- in order to gauge the contribution of "fuel" > (sugars). > > ---------- > > Potassium atoms are strongly sensitive to a magnetic field. This could > relate to what is happening in the experiment where microwave radiation is > applied to KCl (at least in the sense of ultra strong coupling to the > gigahertz waves from the oven.) > > The most sensitive magnetometer available , named SERF - comes from > Princeton and consists of a cell containing potassium vapor and a buffer > gas. The unpaired electrons on the potassium atoms are spin-polarized so > that a probe detects the precession of spin in the presence of a magnetic > field. This device is capable of incredible sensitivities on the order of 10 > -18 Tesla, 1000 times more sensitive than a SQUID detector. > > Thus microwave radiation, already efficient, can be utilized in a more > efficient way - perhaps becoming strongly ionizing and splitting water. > > IOW it is possible that the extreme spin sensitivity of potassium to RF is > a little understood effect -- maybe one looking for an application. > > ----------------------------- > > > I like the sound of "something strange going on." > > Heck, it might be worthwhile to try various mixtures of KCl and NaCl to > see if there is an obvious particular ratio where the sparking is maximized. > > Mills uses a pinhole technique for finding UV where he actually drills a > sub-mm hole into the reactor wall with line of sight to the plasma, and > mounts and glues a photocell UV detector chip over the hole - but that is > for a vacuum reactor. > > Robin may have experience with this...? > > > Michael Foster wrote: > > Some of the sparking looks a little too far from the surface of the glass > container to be contaminated by it and there's a lot of sodium spectrum > being displayed. *So something strange is going on*, I think. > > >
