[NewCandle] EDS adventures

[Nick Reiter]

Hi Robin,

The hydrolysis experiment with foil and salt water was
performed in a polypropylene container.  However, the
Si is quite possibly from additives to teh commercial
table salt used.  The oddities seem to be boron and
the enhancement of iron in localized areas, though
that could be a transport mechanism, since there seems
to be a slight (<1%) iron content in the control foil.
 No boron though.

Re: the blobs of sky-fall aluminum - satellite quite
possibly, areas not on any shuttle or launch path
though.  However for their mass, and by my
replications, I don't think they were liquid as they
fell from any great height.  They either solidified on
something at a height, or solidified very close to the
ground.

Best,

n
> In reply to  Nick Reiter's message of Sun, 3 Aug
> 2008 07:00:38 -0700 (PDT):
> Hi,
> [snip]
> >One of these has been examination of aluminum foil
> >surfaces from some of the tightly rolled "Casimir
> >cavity" salt water hydrolysis runs.  Very cautious
> and
> >very tentative, but I've been seeing signs of
> >elemental spectra that don't appear to have been in
> >control foil samples.  Boron and Si being two, in
> >measurable amounts.  Also been seeing at high mag
> that
> 
> The Si could be simple contamination if you did it
> in a glass container. Since
> the whole electrolyte would have been somewhat
> alkaline, it could have leached
> some of the glass. OTOH Si is also Al + H, so
> perhaps you were getting some
> fusion. As for the B, that might also be a glass
> contaminant, if you used e.g.
> Pyrex. B is more difficult to explain as a fusion
> product (i.e. I can't see how
> it could happen ;).
> 
> 
> >the pinhole perforations in the aluminum foil rolls
> >after the reaction is spent are fascinating, and
> very
> >unlike what I expected.  Almost like acoustic shock
> >ruptures rather than corroded holes or round
> pinholes.
> 
> Or blast holes from small explosions? 
> 
> >
> >I'm gathering a collection of EDS and SEM images
> and
> >will eventually get them onto a web page.
> >
> >ALso, speaking of EDS, I was able to use EDS to
> finish
> >up some final analysis on my long running (year and
> a
> >half?) project of the two Ohio cases of mystery
> >sky-fall aluminum alloy. Paper is here:
> >
> >http://www.theavalonfoundation.org/docs/metal.html
> >
> >SO what have all of the other lurkers here been up
> to
> >this summer?
> >
> >All the best,
> >
> [snip]
> Remnant of an old satellite that reentered the
> atmosphere perhaps (reentry of
> old military satellites might not be widely
> advertised)? (or shuttle fragments -
> time and place?).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robin van Spaandonk <rvanspaa at bigpond.net.au>
> 
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