Additionally, look at the darkened photo, the wire exterior to the reactor sourrounded by cooler materials to radiate to are brighter than the bright wires in the reactor. Hard to believe it would be colder inside the reactor surrounded by relatively hotter materials that are harder to radiate to. I think that is pretty strong indication that it is the wires that are the bright areas.
On 15 October 2014 20:14, Robert Lynn <robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am looking at high zoom at the same photos and finding it easy to draw > the opposite conclusion. Confirmation bias on both our parts :) > I think it is equivocal at best. > > On 15 October 2014 19:52, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If you zoom in very closely on the hot reactor photos you can see the the >> dark lines are of uniform width, continuity and shade. I am 95% confident >> that is the shadow of the coil. The light areas change in brightness, >> width, etc. >> >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Robert Lynn < >> robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> how do you know this? How do you know the the wire is not the brightest >>> area? >>> >>> On 15 October 2014 15:06, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Some people suspect that the resistor wire can't be Inconel because >>>> they are predicted to melt at the reactor's operating temperature. However, >>>> since we know the resistor wire casts a shadow in the alumina, the >>>> temperature of the wire remains below the operating temperature and >>>> therefore can't melt. >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>> >>> >> >
