MFMP:LFH - LION2 100% Replication well beyond LION1

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As sphalerite (also known as zinc-blende) is a complex and variable purity zinc suphide compound, I think the big question would be 'in what system would such a material be cetalytic'? I think even if you could find a LENR system in which some examples of the naturally occurring mineral would work, some others would not. However, if you mean pure crystals of sphalerite type, you are once again talking about ~ amongst other things -diamond. So the answer is a qualified 'yes'

3 Model T reactors,undergoing calibration...and the materials for a replication. Including Heavy Water. And a novel way to keep your tea warm.

So exciting, when do we see a first test run?

Yes, H-G, you got it.

This is a control for the LION system. In the RH port is a (pure) silver coated alumina tube wrapped in a double-layer of copper wire- only contents air and a 10cm K-type thermocouple. In the LH port is a plain tube- no silver, no wire wrapping. Matched 10cm thermocouple inside it. A control for the control, if you like. The first image shows the base temperature in the LH port, the second shows the temperature difference between ports. (T1-T2) This indicates that the oxidation of Cu wire is not particularly exothermic. Will keep this running for 48 hours and then retrieve the wire-wrapped tube for examination and comparison with Bob Greenyers 'post event' tube.

And here are diamonds ready for baking. Who knows what sort of a cake they might make?

The discs are around 2.5mm , the diamonds are ANSI 60 grit = average size 254 microns.

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The same offer to you also. would you like 50 - 100 grams to experiment with. ?

We are always interested in new materials to test, though results might be a few months coming.

Just looked at my LION control. 18 hours at around 1000C so far, and still only a few degrees higher in the wire-wrapped tube port, which I am pretty sure is due to slightly lower circulation of atmospheric convection currents in the slightly more confined space around it. There is one development however, in that the wire-wrapped tube appears to have welded itself to the quartz liner- possibly due to slow migration of copper/copper oxide into the quartz- or perhaps the other way around?

I will do another control run starting on saturday, at 800C, closer to the LION run temp. Right now I'm hunting chemistry, not anomalous heat, so a hotter run is a good place to start.

Some more photos by popular demand. Left to right - Diamonds at 250X, a silver-coated fuel tube, and one also wrapped in 2 layers of 0.50mm Cu wire. Finally, a close up of the reactor, showing how the tarry carbon-deposits on the RH port caused by burning off the polyester coating on the copper wire wrapping have now oxidised away after 27 hours at close to 1000C.

Removing the pads - an MFMP video.

https://drive.google.com/file/…EJSlGqGgM8yVaITB9eGn/view