Interesting. A U.S. nickel is 1.95mm thick.
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's hard to know where to begin here but let me just say this that given the > speed of sound in > nickel<http://www.olympus-ims.com/en/ndt-tutorials/thickness-gage/appendices-velocities/> > : > > 5630m/s > > and 430kHz: > > 5630m/s;430kHz?mm > > ([5630 * meter] / second) * (430 * [kilo*hertz])^-1 ? milli*meter > = 2.0838194 mm > > In other words, a 2mm electrode should exhibit resonance at ~430kHz. > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> On the contrary James, at least two of us did look closely at this >> possibility [electrode acoustics]. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> My associate went to trouble to find and download a mpeg sound file of a >> bicycle bell of the same general size as Davey’s, and plugged it into a >> program for this kind of analysis – in fact it is dedicated bell analysis >> software that has proved very accurate for electrodes in the past. The >> natural acoustic of this hemisphere are nowhere close.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The main freq is 4,445.5 Hz, with some sub harmonics, the lowest being >> around 521/545 Hz, but those are so faint as to be discarded. Higher >> harmonics are barely above noise.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thus, since the acoustics of the electrodes were off by two orders of >> magnitude over the signature sound, we did not think that electrode >> acoustics were in any way relevant as an alternative explanation, or >> otherwise worth pursuing.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Jones**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* James Bowery **** >> >> ** ** >> >> As I previously >> advised<http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg73144.html> >> :**** >> >> ** ** >> >> "Look at the acoustics of the electrodes."**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Since this advice seemed to make no impact on the discourse here at >> vortex-l, let me expand:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Acoustic resonance in the metallic electrodes does have a reasonable >> chance of bearing directly on the creation of the "nuclear active >> environment" hypothesized to exist. I don't think I need to expland on >> list the possibilities here.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Moreover, if one looks at the speed of sound in metals, the "430kHz LENR >> signature" regime corresponds to the thickness of the cathodes frequently >> reported as exhibiting the phenomena.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Need I say more?** >> >> ** ** >> > >
