Bob Rohner and Papp before him uses the alpha particles to canalize the plasma. That is to pre-ionize the gas to aid is conduction between electrodes.
John Rohner uses a frequency generator to pre-ionize the gas. Cheers: Axil On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:47 AM, MarkI-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net>wrote: > About 7 minutes into this video:**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zWJNyoFgJM&feature=plcp**** > > ** ** > > Four electrodes as two sets of opposing electrodes, and each opposing set > of two look more or less identical. One set looks to have larger ends, and > to even have two nodes on the end.**** > > ** ** > > **1. **The smaller set of electrodes have aluminum containers, or > ‘buckets’ as Rohner calls them, that form the base of two of the opposing > electrodes. **** > > **2. **One bucket has Thorium and Rubidium inside.**** > > **3. **The other bucket contains Thorium and Red Phosphorus.**** > > **4. **Two tungsten electrodes; these are the larger, more rounded > ones which look to have two nodes on the end; the opposing electrode’s face > cannot be seen.**** > > ** ** > > -Mark**** > > ** ** >
