On Jul 23, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
Now if this door-knob cap. happens to be made of e.g. nickel, and
furthermore is
already saturated with Hydrogen, then fireworks may ensue. :)
I keep thinking maybe it is possible to build up a resonant electron
fluid dynamic in loaded metal that is similar to the ion dynamic in
the Farnsworth fusor, or the sound dynamic in sonofusion. The key
would be the shape of the loaded metal and the method of delivering
pulses. The simplest configuration I can think of is a circular metal
plate with a serrated edge, and wires from a pulse transformer
feeding each protrusion. The positive electrodes could be small
circular plates near the center of the disk separated from the disk
center by strong dielectric insulation. One problem with that is
skin effect. Maybe instead of being made of metal the serrated edge
disk could be an electrolyte, or anhydrous ammonia, made with D2O and
ND3. A dielectric electrolyte should be very good at transmitting and
focusing EM pulses. Add sound transducers and coordinate the pulses
so they arrive at the center at the same time and you have a hybrid
sonofusor. An interesting electrolyte might be ammonia, in that most
all the NH3 is in the form of protonated NH4+ ions, giving in effect
a 4-1 loading ratio in a high electron fugacity focal point. Or...
maybe a soccer ball configuration with electrodes and transducers
mounted on the surface, using an anhydrous ND3 ammonia core.
Im not sure any of this is any better than combining a van de Graaf,
or tesla coil with an ordinary CF cell for purposes of checking out
the electron fugacity idea. But brainstorming may come up with a good
approach.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
