Bob, Mu Metal is quite often used in shielding applications. The best description that I recall is that it soaks up the stray magnetic flux passing near a closed region due to it large permeability. It makes sense if you consider the total magnetic flux passing through a volume as approximately constant but can be redirected. The Mu Metal is able to perform the redirection function very well.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 11:02 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Magnetic permeability and LENR 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 >
