The arc voltage is increased significantly, and the temperature of the arc increases radically—up to 20,000°-30,000°C when combined with plasma,
The blackbody spectrum of such an arc will be bluer that that of the sun. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.amazingrust.com/Experiments/how_to/Thermite.html > > Speaking of the oxygen in water, are any of these thermite reactions a > candidate for Mills chemistry? > > Titanium oxide? > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < > orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > >> Jones, please correct me if I've misinterpreted your premise, but it's my >> understanding that you are speculating that the BLP "SunCell" process is >> based primarily on a Ti - plus- O oxidation process that Mills doesn't >> want >> potential financial backers catch on to, at least not right away. Granted, >> it may be naive of me to say this but I'm not at present inclined to >> conjecture that Mills is operating on such level of deceit. Hopefully, >> I'll >> be proven right, but I have no guarantee of that. >> >> >> >> With that said, I completely spaced out the fact that if both H2O intact >> and >> oxygen being separated from H2O might account for an actual source of free >> oxygen that might oxidize with Ti, even if the reaction chamber had been >> initially flooded with inert elements like argon or rendered a vacuum. >> OTOH, >> it's not clear to me how much free oxygen would need to accumulate within >> the chamber in order to start oxidizing with Ti to the point of >> contaminating and rendering the fuel "powder" useless until it was >> reprocessed. As you have pointed out, how much additional energy would the >> recycling of the oxidation process consume? If this is what is really >> going >> on the net energy gain is indeed likely to be distinctively negative. >> >> >> >> I do recall that on one of the two June 25 videos released, someone asked >> Mills about how best to handle a steady accumulation of free oxygen that >> would have to be building up within the reactor chamber as the SunCell >> process presumably breaks H2O apart. The query was not all that different >> from concerns Jones had brought up. Wouldn't oxidation eventually occur >> and >> start mucking things up? Mills response was that all BLP needs to do is >> "burn" off the free oxygen by systematically re-introducing free hydrogen >> into the gas mixture and then igniting it. At first glance, Mills' answer >> sounded counter-productive to me. But then... what it all seems to boil >> down >> to, at least for me, is whether Mills is telling the truth. Does the >> "SunCell" process alter atomic hydrogen. Does "SunCell" technology induce >> atomic hydrogen to release huge amounts of "sun" light, UV, and soft >> X-Rays >> while being converted into hydrinos? >> >> >> >> It would seem to me that we are currently wrestling with two POVs. Which >> one >> is the more accurate one? >> >> >> >> POV1: From Jones' conjecture, oxidation is the primary form of energy >> being >> released here. As such, when the entire recycling process is taken into >> consideration there is no net energy gain. >> >> >> >> POV2: Mills conjectures that the energy released is due to a still highly >> controversial claim that atomized hydrogen atoms are being transformed in >> such a manner as to release huge amounts of heat, light, UV, and soft >> X-Rays. Altered hydrogen is being transformed into a smaller hydirno atom >> model. Mills also claims recycling the powder catalyst is fast, easy, and >> doesn't consume much energy. This directly contradicts POV1's contention >> that considerably more energy is needed to the point that no net energy is >> actually realized. >> >> >> >> Obviously, POV2 is in direct conflict with POV1. >> >> >> >> Alas, many "burning" questions remain. >> >> >> >> In the meantime, we hope a 1st gen POC device will be delivered to BLP's >> laboratory from one of the engineering firms will either prove or disprove >> POV1 vs. POV2. Possibly this might happen as soon as this December. In the >> meantime, we should stock up on roasted peanuts. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Steven Vincent Johnson >> >> svjart.orionworks.com >> >> zazzle.com/orionworks >> >> >