Freethinker's replication attempts

Its good that the heavy insulation bricks are also serving as an explosion shield.
Like Me said, perhaps you need more empty volume inside.

Hi Freethinker, Will you be changing your fuel mix now in the wake of the Rossi patent details? Adding more Li percentage. I guess that's a no-brainer for most rep attempts now.

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Oh that is sad. Personally I do not want to exceed 10 bars never.

Would it be possible to add a gas safety release valve to the reactor so that if the pressure exceeds a limit it can safely vent the gas without having to stop the experiment?

It is surely possible. But it will introduce another point where it can fail due to needed adaptors (leakage) and increases cost.

The key to getting LENR to work is to generate nanoparticles. Rydberg matter is best. How does Rydberg Hydrogen Matter (RHM) form?

Nucleation is the first step in the formation of a new crystalline structure via self-assembly or self-organization. Nucleation is typically defined to be the process that determines how long an observer has to wait before the new phase or self-organized structure appears.

The probability that nucleation will begin is very sensitive to impurities present in the system. Because of this, it is often important to distinguish between heterogeneous nucleation and homogeneous nucleation. Heterogeneous nucleation occurs at nucleation sites on surfaces in the system. Homogenous nucleation occurs away from a surface. Rydberg matter formation begins with heterogeneous nucleation that occurs on a surface that hydrogen faces.

Nucleation is a stochastic process where random factors dominate. No two identical systems are identical so nucleation will occur at different times and at different rates.] This behavior is similar to radioactive decay. nucleation theory predicts that the time you have to wait for nucleation decreases extremely rapidly when supersaturated. Supersaturation implies that a solution of more than one element and/or compound and/or their associated phases are present in a mixture and the state of this solution contains more of the dissolved material than could be dissolved by the solvent under normal circumstances. It can also refer to a vapor of a compound that has a higher (partial) pressure than the vapor pressure of that compound.

For example, hydrogen and lithium can exist in a supersaturated mixture where hydrogen and/or lithium and/or lithium hydride can nucleate nanoparticles of hydrogen, lithium, and/or lithium hydride.

The generation of nanoparticles in a gas mixture is responsive to the manipulation of the supersaturating condition of the gas mixture.

Special conditions need to be met in order to generate a supersaturated solution. One of the easiest ways to do this relies on the temperature dependence of solubility. As a general rule, the more heat is added to a system, the more soluble a substance becomes. (There are exceptions where the opposite is true). Therefore, at high temperatures, more solute can be dissolved than at room temperature. If this solution were to be suddenly cooled at a rate faster than the rate of precipitation, the solution will become supersaturated until the solute precipitates to the temperature-determined saturation point. The precipitation or crystallization of the solute takes longer than the actual cooling time because the molecules need to meet up and form the precipitate without being knocked apart by the solvent. Thus, the larger the molecule, the longer it will take to crystallize due to the principles of Brownian motion.

The condition of supersaturation does not necessarily have to be reached through the manipulation of heat. The ideal gas law PV = nRT suggests that pressure and volume can also be changed to force a system into a supersaturated state. If the volume of solvent is decreased, the concentration of the solute can be above the saturation point and thus create a supersaturated solution. The decrease in volume is most commonly generated through evaporation. Similarly, an increase in pressure can drive a solution to a supersaturated state. All three of these mechanisms rely on the fact that the conditions of the solution can be changed quicker than the solute can precipitate or crystallize out.

The formation of nanoparticles are best supported in a supersaturated gas solution where the temperature and/or its pressure is constantly changing.

Heterogeneous nucleation of an alkali metal which includes hydrogen is supported by another alkali element metal(or chemical compound isoelectric mimics of the alkali metals...Aluminum monoxide mimics potassium) sitting on a transition metal substrate. The alkali deposits provides a template form which the nanoparticle will nucleate and grow. Examples of such nucleation template masks are potassium or lithium on the surface of iron or nickel. In the analysis of the Lugano fuel mix, lithium completely covered the 100 micron nickel fuel particle.

In theory, a mixture of potassium and lithium should support faster development at lower temperatures of a supersaturation condition of a hydrogen gas mixture than a mix using lithium only.

As documented in the AIRBUS patent, an alternative method in nanoparticle production is electric arcing. The arc produces the high temperatures and pressures needed for supersaturation in the gas that surrounds the arc. As seen in the experiment of Ken Shoulders, the arc will produce a zone of temperature and pressure drop at some distance from the arc where nanoparticles will form. The temperature and pressure drop that results when the arc stops will also meet the requirements of nanoparticle production. A rapidly repeating high voltage electric arc on/off cycle will maximize nanoparticle production in a gas mixture.

"The key to getting LENR to work is to generate nanoparticles. Rydberg matter is best."

Yes, the key is submicron particles. But why go this tortuous route? Submicron particles of nickelous oxide are easily produced and fuse hydrogen at H2 dissociation temperature.

Hydrogen and oxygen have a narrow range for explosive properties. Yet surprising results will occur when a container with oxygen is exposed to hydrogen permeation and then brought up in temperature. Gas safety release valves are useless for protection against detonations.

One way to achieve a quick cool down (thermal kick) is to cool the whole setup using a fan. I.e. forced air cooling.
If its cooled very fast then it can crack. I'm not sure what will be a safe rate of cooling here.

as I have on Titanium with neutrons.

A quick question regarding the circumstances around the event. Did anything get close to the reactor during that time? Did you move close to it? Do you have anything nearby that can emit low levels of radiation like a good quality watch with luminous dials or an old CRT computer monitor? Just thinking of possibilities.

Another possibility would be to have two detectors, on near the reactor and one further away in a line. Assuming the detectors are fairly matched, the detector further away should give an indication of background count to correct the reading from the detector close to the reactor. However that is probably a very expensive solution.