On Apr 19, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Chris Zell wrote:
I was curious to know if any anomalies have been reported in regard
to thyratrons or other regulator tubes. There are a number of free
energy claimants - Correa, Shoulders, Chernetski, Stamenko and
others - who use discharges in vacuum tubes . However, many of us
lack the extensive resources to test such ideas by building the
whole apparatus from scratch. Since tubes still exist that can
handle large discharges ( and may be charged with hydrogen or other
gases in a near vacuum), it makes sense to see if existing parts
could be used to build free energy devices that others could easily
duplicate.
Any thoughts or observations? Thanks.
This brings to mind Don Borghi's experiment:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Don+Borghi's
+experiment&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
http://tinyurl.com/cdpe9k
wherein a hydrogen filled klystron was used to neutron activate
materials surrounding it. It was said to prove that the p + e -> n
reaction was feasible, despite problems with angular momentum (spin)
conservation. It strikes me as more likely that a brief half-life
neutral particle or particle assemblage can be formed from p + e. The
extraordinary energy available to the electron in close proximity to
a nucleus enables a wide variety of weak reactions, including W
particle formation, strange quark formation or interaction, and
others, that can delay the electron's nucleus traverse and even
provide a modest half-life for a fairly heavy and comparatively slow
particle capable of entering and modifying nearby nuclei.
Clearly this kind of experimentation might provide insights into cold
fusion, but may not be sufficient to prove cold fusion and may not
even be essentially related to it. Neutrons could, for example, be
due to spallation neutrons from D in the hydrogen.
Related p + e -> n experiments have been carried out by Elio Conte
(formerly a vort, and reported in Infinite Energy vol 4, No. 67),
Santilli, and others.
It may be of use to check out the direct effect of hydrogen loaded
klystrons (or other hydrogen loaded tubes) on CR-39 particle
detectors, or other types of particle detectors.
It is notable that Conte reported melting of hydrogen loaded aluminum
cathodes when they were exposed to energetic beta sources. Though
energetic beta emitters are not available to amateurs, a high energy
electron beam (like a 200 keV beam emitted through a thin window,
e.g. a gold backed cathode back side in vacuo, might be achievable
and provide an effective catalyst).
All not easy, and definitely not safe, but still doable for those
experienced in such things.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
