I suspect that motion of the piston is driven by electromagnetic forces instead of heated gas. Of course, I am not sure that the device works at all.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Chemical Engineer <cheme...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 12, 2012 4:00 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:the Coil Correct, no reaction therefore nothing to expand the gas and drive the piston On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: does that mean the piston does not move? Harry On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Removing the coil disables the Papp reaction. > > > > Cheers: Axil > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> sorry if this has already been discussed, but does the papp engine >> heat up if the coil is removed? >> >> Harry >> >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:37 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:34:44 -0400: >> > Hi, >> > [snip] >> >>(*C12* is C12 in an excited state - it has an additional 15.96 MeV that >> >> it* >> >>* * >> >> >> >>*desperately wants to get rid of)* >> >> >> >>This is only true when the coulomb barrier is up at full strength. But >> >> when >> >>the coulomb barrier is completely down, protons behave like neutrons. >> >> They >> >>can exit the nucleus with no energy penalty. >> >> >> >>I explain this in the thread “the bumpy road.” >> > >> > If there were no energy penalty to protons (or neutrons) leaving the >> > nucleus, >> > then the nucleus would fall apart. This doesn't happen. >> > >> > BTW the Coulomb barrier is partially a misnomer. It's a Coulomb barrier >> > for >> > positively charged particles trying to enter the nucleus, but actually a >> > nuclear >> > binding force barrier for particles trying to leave the nucleus. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Robin van Spaandonk >> > >> > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >> > >> >
