On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 4:45 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:45:54 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26462348 > > > >LENR has been talking about this for some time now. > > My take:- > > When two grains rub against one another, the distance between them is nm. > If a > slight charge imbalance develops due to friction, and the particles are > insulators, they form a minute capacitor. If a crack in the powder forms, > then > the nm distance can increase to mm's. This deceases the capacitance > enormously, > and since the charge is fixed, the voltage rises accordingly. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > > Normally a charge imbalance arises when different materials are rubbed together. (eg. amber and fur) Since all the grains are made from same the material a charge imbalance should not occur and no voltage should arise ...hence the mystery.
harry
