Thank you! I did not know they changed, but i know my newer pyrex feels, hefts, and bakes different than older pyrex i have, and is weak in comparison. that explains it.
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Curious side note: to the breaking of the Pyrex bowl in this video - via > plasma contact… > > > > This breakage should not have happened so quickly, IMHO … > > > > Pyrex is the brand name for Corning glassware - and it was originally > borosilicate glass. Very tough stuff. Due to cost (profit, that is) the > Pyrex manufactured in the US these days for home use is made of tempered > soda-lime glass, which is much less shock and heat-resistant than > borosilicate. This change happened many years ago. This kind of “change for > the worse” is probably why this bowl broke with only moderate plasma contact > – it was the new and inferior kind of Pyrex. This is a guess. > > > > OTOH borosilicate would undoubtedly be poised to react, if any neutrons were > created in the plasma ball (this is because of the high cross-section of > B10) and the result is a highly energetic alpha particle and lithium ion, > over 2+MeV, which could create a fracture zone in the glass. > > > > But neutrons would be highly unlikely, right? > > > > At any rate, a feature of borosilicate could effectively turn nuking > (figurative) into nuking (the real thing) especially if there was anything > in the plasma which could undergo LENR (like D). > > > > And the second side note: this demonstrates something that the famous > Russian - Sakharov patented decades ago – a plasma reactor which does not > require a vacuum, since it naturally forms it own insulating double layer, > even at STP which keeps the plasma from quenching. That device never found a > niche, unfortunately. > > > > However, I am pretty sure this kind of plasma ball - is only viable in the > ‘radar range’ situation, when there is plenty of soot (nano-carbon) in the > originating flame. It is doubtful that this plasma could be maintained for > many seconds when started with an alcohol flame, for instance. > > > > ERGO as a third side note: there is the graphene à f/H possibility, which > has been mentioned before: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg26913.html > > > > Two bad Andrei did not know about f/H and graphene … since he was “the > establishment” at that time. > > > > > > > > From: Jones Beene > > > > You have heard the term “nuking” used to describe rapid heating in a > microwave oven. > > Amazingly, here is a low tech way to make a stable plasma, using a common > candle as the starter for the flame which becomes a plasma ball. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7RFyh5ABcQ > > No vacuum, nor magnetic confinement, nor even a Farnsworth Fusor is > required. > > In this case, the experiment ran a little too long - and the Pyrex bowl was > sacrificed (for science) > > Yet … and here is an odd implication: did you realize that deuterated wax is > available ? > > For a few naive parents of precocious students, realize that your average > teenage science nerd may have already ordered some of this wax. Talk about > the scary possibility of “fusion in a budget” ! > > Not sure I care to imagine all of the further possibilities …. > > Jones
