[NewCandle] aluminum holiday

[Horace Heffner]

On Dec 8, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Keith Nagel wrote:
>
> You know Nick, it strikes me that perhaps you've got a good
> idea but are going at it in the opposite direction. That is
> to say, have you tried doing one of these Al corrosion experiments
> as _slowly_ as possible. Get the reaction to play out over
> the course of several months, rather than days. Not nearly
> as exciting to a couple of unrepentant pyros, but perhaps
> more likely to produce some anomalous elemental xmutation.
>
> K.

To throw an idea into the pot, or a pot into the idea, what about  
using steam?  The temperature can then be pushed very high.  Pressure  
can be pushed high too with the right hardware, but that might be a  
bit dangerous and costly.  I suggest this in part because of the  
transmutation C12->C13 supposedly observed by Mizuno:

http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/MizunoTanomaloushb.pdf

in a high pressure hydrogen plus helium environment, and which has  
been discussed extensively on vortex-l.  The foil you use, or some  
other material, may have enough carbon to have a detectible effect,  
and who knows how aluminum itself might react?  Temperature is  
extremely important in OH + Al reactions.

A pressure cooker might be of use, but the pressure relief would have  
to be a lot better. Also, water recovery would have to be used for  
longer term running. A fairly long plastic hose could be used for a  
reflux distilling type recovery system.  Maybe just a plain pot with  
a hole drilled in the ordinary lid for attaching a water recovery  
system would be enough.  A sudden excursion would just blow the lid off.

Best regards,

Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/