At 05:28 PM 11/2/2009, you wrote:
On Nov 2, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 11:22 AM 11/2/2009, Horace Heffner wrote:
there are more non-nuclear possibilities, obviously, at higher
voltages.
There are non-nuclear possibilities at lower voltages too, and that
is in part my point. The SPAWAR spots are visible in infra-red.
It should be noted that the SPAWAR video is showing the back side
of the cathode, not the side facing the anode.
See Figure 1 of:
http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/SzpakSpolarizedd.pdf
It shows the camera on the outside, next the Mylar film, next the
*unsealed* surface of the cathode. It appears to me there is
electrolyte between the Mylar and the surface. My experience with
anode spots is they form well on both sides.
"unsealed surface"? The mylar film is a window into the cell. Next to
it is the cathode. And on the other side of the cell, apparently, not
shown, is the anode. However, the cathode was not a foil, as I wrote,
but a "Ni screen." It's still viewed from the "back," but it's more
complex than I had thought. Somehow I thought this was a foil cathode.
what if I used a scintillator crystal? Don't know if it would be
stable in the electrolyte. But it might be, and, up close and very
personal, it might flash....
It's been done. I also suggested a type of plastic for that earlier.
If it has been done, what was seen?
So ... heating the cell should amplify the effects. Eventually,
I'll chart those waters.
If the cell doesn't heat then you haven't replicated.
This is a very small cathode, and a small amount of palladium. I
wouldn't jump to that conclusion, but I do expect to see heat. I was
talking about adding heat. I'm thinking I'll put a calibration
resistor into the cell so that I can add fixed amounts of heat, that
could also be used to, longer-term, raise the cell temperature.
Say, I'm no expert on chemistry. BTW, how is it that no matter what
I post on CF here now it somehow becomes relevant to your effort and
I end up having to do work answering your questions? 8^)
No obligation, Horace. Thanks for your efforts. You are free to
ignore my posts if you prefer....
Say, HCl buffered with PdCl might be used for a semi-continuous co-
deposition process. Just reversing the polarity periodically might
be sufficient to re-establish a fresh layer of co-deposited material,
and eliminate He and any other deleterious structural or chemical
problems.
I had an idea of using gold for both cathode and anode. I think the
gold is stable, won't dissolve. Platinum could definitely be used for
both cathode and anode. I'd have an additional anode at the bottom.
So the cell would be run in one direction, then the power wires
switched to run it the other. The bottom is anode all the time. So
the palladium would move from one electrode to the other, I think.
(I intend to scavenge palladium, after the cathode and the
"droppings" are documented as well as I can. If someone offers me
analytical services, I'd go there, providing samples of the raw
materials and then what was left in the cell at the end. Later on,
I might even be able to pay for that -- and then those services
would be offered to my customers, either through me or directly,
depends.)
You could just try dissolving what is left in aqua regia or boiling
HCl to make PdCl. Save it up for a giant CF device to heat your
house. 8^)
Haven't decided what would be done with it. There are people who will
buy materials like that.
