*Mills remarked that there is no oxygen available.* In the 20,000C plasma blast, the water will decompose into h2 and O. SO there is oxygen.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mike Carrell <mi...@medleas.com> wrote: > > Optical instruments to quantitatively measure the radiant energy are >> standard lab equipment and can be calibrated to NIST standards. >> > > This is a bomb calorimeter. I do not think it incorporates optical > instruments. (A schematic of the calorimeter would have helped.) Plus, even > when you use NIST calibrated instruments, you should still calibrate. > Especially during a demonstration. It would not have taken long to set off > a small charge of some explosive. Or thermite. > > > >> Speculation about titanium is a distraction, for it is not involved in >> the chemistry of the SunCell. >> > > Well, we should speculate about whatever chemicals were in the explosion. > Mills remarked that there is no oxygen available. That is a start. But what > was there, and how much energy can it produce? And can we be sure the bomb > calorimeter is working, without a calibration? > > The purpose of a demonstration is to teach the audience. To answer > questions. To persuade. It should simplify and clarify what is happening. > It cannot be full experiment that answers every question. It should be > simple, covering limited ground, because the audience cannot learn much in > one hour. > > - Jed > >
