[NewCandle] Silver aluminum screening experiment

[Nick Reiter]

Hi Keith,

Ah, phototropism in the silver fractal-biologic
system!  I never paused to consider that, but it makes
perfect sense!

As I was examining the dendrites, particularly the
delicate doily break-out growths, I found myself
enraptured with the potential for vacuum mode
interaction and Casimir forces playing roles in the
forms and growth.

Among so much else, it could be another complex
nano-system sutable for continuing the search for
human psi ala micro-PK!

By the way, I started a long term aluminum nitrate
system last week...

20ml of distilled H2O in a soda lime glass test tube.

~8 grams of Al(NO3)3 to provide about 15% by wt. Al

one half of the provided aluminum strip, polished with
commercial aluminum polish, then rinsed with MeOH and
dried; .61 grams weight after polishing.

~2 drops of diluted AgNO3:H2O enough to provide ~1mg
of Ag into the system as seeding.

After about 48 hours, a dull greyish coating was
beginning to form on the Al, with very slight
formation of small bubbles on the Al surface.

I set the tube up on a shelf, out of any direct light.
 Now we wait.  I am going to set up an identical tube
using some well water, with a little added D2O as my
vanity improvement.

n


> work with as I have. I like carbon, and I wouldn't
> be here without it, but I assert it is not the only
> game in town. I consider this silver displacement
> system to be a form
> of artificial life. Imagine my delight when I
> discovered
> that growth on one of my solid plates was stimulated
> by sunlight and grew towards the light! Not really
> surprising as silver is photosensitive, but at what
> point do you stop talking about these things as dumb
> hunks of metal and start talking about them as
> plants?



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