Jones--
You said :
The high permeability makes mu-metal useful not only
for shielding against static and low-frequency magnetic fields ...<<<
Jones, would it not be low (negative) permeability to shield against a
static magnetic field. I would think the high value of permeability would
be a great multiplier of an external magnetic field (H field) for creation
of a B field within the Mu Metal.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jones Beene" <jone...@pacbell.net>
To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:09 AM
Subject: RE: [Vo]:Magnetic permeability and LENR
The use of proprietary Mu Metal as the active matrix for LENR could turn
out
to be the most valuable "diamond in the rough" detail to emerge from MIT.
It
could be applicable to Mizuno, for instance - as an improvement over pure
nickel.
With deuterium as Claytor's active gas (assumption) the highest level of
tritium is seen as an indicator of the rate of the anomalous underlying
reaction - which would not be ideal for commercial LENR geared towards the
distributed grid, even if the excess energy rate is also highest.
With hydrogen as the active gas, however, using Co-Netic as the matrix
alloy
could result in increased thermal gain, without the tritium. That would
need
to be tested.
Mu-metal is a nickel-iron alloy, and the proprietary alloy in question has
high added molybdenum. The high permeability makes mu-metal useful not
only
for shielding against static and low-frequency magnetic fields but also in
converting most of the energy of an anomalous self-generated field into
heat. This is a "soft" magnetic material that saturates at low magnetic
fields and that is the key to the coupling magnons into heat. The high
number of inherent Rydberg levels in the ionization potential of this
alloy
could be the key.
Many recent thread here have followed the convergence of spin, magnetism
and
increased thermal gain. Tom Claytor may have presented the larger LENR
field
with an astounding way to move forward with an improved cathode alloy -
IF -
his results have the same applicability to hydrogen, as they do to
deuterium.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Holz
One other point of interest. Tom Claytor's talk on "Recent
tritium production from electrically pulsed wires and foils" showed the
highest outputs when he used NiFe foils made for magnetic shielding
applications. I think he mentioned Co-Netic material. Not sure what else
is
in the alloy.
George,
This is good information to try to analyze further, even if
the explanation probably played no part whatsoever in this alloy choice
for
Claytor.
Co-Netic AA, is a Mu metal which as best I can tell since
the specs do not turn up easily, seems to be
nickel(80%)-iron(15%)-molybdenum(5%) with permeability of 30,000 or more.
It is high nickel, but notably for those who have not
written off Randell Mills, there is the Moly content (which, as the +2 ion
is the very best, in the sense of lowest IP catalytic fit of all
catalysts),
plus it has four other deeper Rydberg levels for a total of 5 making it
the
most catalytic of all transition metals (according to my Mills CQM table
5.3).
In Mills past experiments, having many catalysts working
together seems to be highly preferable to having only a few - and nickel
and
iron both have multiple Rydberg levels.
All in all, from a Mills perspective, Co-Netic AA would
provide 9 unique Rydberg multiples !
Claytor probably saw a correlation between tritium
production and magnetic permeability - and chose this alloy for that
reason,
since not many practitioners follow both LENR and Mills for guidance - but
the moly content could be what makes this alloy superior.
If only Mills could show something more impressive than a
modified seam welder, he might get a bit more respect in LENR...
Jones
