That one is easy, it's flour power On Saturday, March 8, 2014, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 4:45 PM, > <mix...@bigpond.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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 >
