If the wire were the brightest area there would be no excess heat. Harry
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 >> > >
