I think your assessment is spot on Jeff. The only question in my mind is whether or not the mixing of the electrolyte caused by the evolution of gas at the working electrode might generate a varying electric field by redistributing the ions in solution.
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:17:01 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Vo]:SPAWAR has yet to respond re simple error in claims of > effects of external high voltage dc fields inside a conducting electrolyte: > Rich Murray 2012.03.01 2012.07.02 > From: hcarb...@gmail.com > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > > Here are my two cents from reading up on dielectrics: > > With the 6000 V capacitor isolated from the electrolyte by the > plastic, the electrolyte acts as a dielectric which reduces the E > field in the electrolyte almost to zero in the middle but increases > the the capacitance of the capacitor. > > If there is zero ionic current then I assume there has to be zero E > field in the center of the electrolyte. As soon as the 6000 V is > applied, there is a momentary current in the electrolyte and a > polarization of the dielectric electrolyte. After that there is zero > current assuming the plastic is an infinite insulator. > > So the positive ends of the water molecules are facing the negative > plate of the capacitor and the negative ends of the water molecules > are facing the positive plate of the capacitor. Initially, positive > ions travel towards the negative plate and vice versa. But as the > positive ions build up near the negative plate, they start to repel > any newly arriving positive ions and therefore there must be an > increasing positive ion concentration with decreasing distance from > the negative plate at steady state. > > I'm not an electrochemist so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong or > not quite correct. > > you can see some details on dielectrics here: > > http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/dielec.html > > http://www.physics.sjsu.edu/becker/physics51/capacitors.htm > > I assume the water molecules nearest the electrodes feel the strongest > orientating E field compared to the center of the electrolyte. > > I'm in the process of trying to replicate Randell Mills electricity > generating CIHT device which has a Lithium Bromide, Lithium Hydride > electrolyte. Somehow Mills is creating electricity during the > production of hydrinos. Should have it up and running in 2 months. > Details here: > http://zhydrogen.com/?page_id=620 > > Jeff > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax > <a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote: > > At 07:26 PM 7/3/2012, MarkI-ZeroPoint wrote: > > > >> > >> There was one figure which shows the visual manifestations photographed > >> from the experiments, with the theoretical model of the E-flds (on the > >> right). It was very clear that fields were present in the electrolyte, as > >> one could see the manifestations of the field-lines in the photographs > >> taken > >> of the area above the electrodes. Electrolyte concentrations varied from > >> 0.02 to 0.08M KCl. I believe LENR typically uses 0.1M, so just slightly > >> more conductive than this reference. Now, this experiment was done using > >> AC, 100Hz to 10000 Hz. > > > > > > First of all, the work being criticized uses a DC field. AC is considerably > > more complicated. AC will, for example, effectively pass right through the > > acrylic wall. If this was 6000 V AC, at 10,000 Hz, and if it actually had > > some available current, the thing would blow up! > > > > Secondly, there is no question that electric fields exist in the > > electrolyte. But not fields of a few thousand volts per cm, produced by the > > external field. The external DC field has, essentially, no effect on the > > fields in the electrolyte, which are, in this experiment, produced entirely > > by the electrolytic voltage. >
