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- From: logajan@SLEEPY.NETWORK.COM (John Logajan)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
- Subject: Ying and the conductivity of ionization trails
- Message-ID: <9207241914.AA07647@sleepy.network.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 19:14:26 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- Here's a wacky idea. Ying says they "rejuvenate" by a reverse current
- of 600 uA at 15V. This implies an electrolyte ("old" D2O) resistance
- of about 25,000 Ohms.
-
- When running in normal mode, Ying claims an input power of 15mW. This
- works out to 775 uA at 19.3V -- assuming a 25K resistance.
-
- Now Ying introduces a ionizing radiation source. What happens to the
- electrolyte resistance when it has ionization trails punched through
- it by the decay products?
-
- I don't know about the chemistry of such interactions in liquids, but
- I do know that in high resistance atmospheres, the conductivity increase
- through the "trail" and allows current to more easily flow.
-
- If the current flow is intense enough, the "trail" is maintained. If
- the current flow isn't so intense, the "trail" quickly breaks up.
-
- Let's assume we have short lived conductive "trails" formed in the
- D2O by the passing of the ionizing radioactive particles. We'd get
- very short "current" bursts through the liquid. If we don't have
- a good means of measuring fast transients in current flow, we are
- likely to have our true electrical input power under-reported.
-
- We might see anomolous heat because we've lost track of the actual
- amount of input power we are injecting.
-
- Ying's "new" D2O might even have a higher resistance (he didn't release
- enough numbers to tell for sure, but it looks like it to me.) This
- would make it even more susceptible to "gains" in heat due to the
- difference between non-conduction and ionized conduction.
-
- -- John Logajan
-