On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a plausible explanation for why the temperature at which reaction >> initiates in the E-Cat just happens to be so close to the boiling point of >> water? >> > > The water never goes above 100°C because it is at one atmosphere. It > boils. > But if the power exceeded that necessary to vaporize all the water, then the *steam* would exceed 100C. And in fact, a 10% increase in the power would result in output steam temperature of about 200C. And that's still at atmospheric pressure.
