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me356 Thanks. Pressure measurement range for this cell is limited to 100 Torr (13k Pa or 0.13 bar) by the capacitance gauge used. I can add up to 2 bar safely but that would be estimated pressure. Not sure high accuracy is needed but I will initially…

This is one of the first ever papers on EVO's (AKA Plasmoids) by Winston H Bostick -ex Manhattan Project AFAIK - who was working on this in the mid-1950's and beyond. He cites several of his other papers on the topic, and the paper also includes a…

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Thanks for your useful comments and encouragement of my current research campaign. In order to continue the work I will need some treated meshes that have not been contaminated by contact with plastic bags. I suggested a way to do that…

I think it might be worth cycling the temperature to above and below the Curie temperature for nickel. I have had success doing that once or twice- though with powders not mesh.

Here's a 4-hour startup graph after de-loading the Pd. The pressure rise of less than 4 Pa/hr is typical of the cell itself, showing that the mesh has been cleaned out pretty well. The neutron detector is a bit more active than usual, with several peaks…

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I suggest covering the mesh both sides with Aluminium kitchen foil and avoid direct contact with polyethylene or other plastics. This is standard practice for handling samples for SEM analysis, and leaves no residue on the sample…

I do not know if this would help, but you can buy bags used for shipping computer components.

https://www.uline.com/Product/…x-6-Static-Shielding-Bags






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The problem is a bit more subtle than some of the comments above reflect. According to me356, if the Pd is saturated with H prior to heating, the activation process will not happen because the lattice has already been distorted or changed in a way that…

The MR6-2 stream is now live at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_JJ06W-M1c

D2 has been added to the cell and heater power is coming up next.

I've finished a substantial upgrade to my DAQ system and the MR6 reactor. Integration of the RTD device has yielded some insight into the effect of hydrogen pressure on the cell calibration, as shown on the chart below. You can see that at 50 Pa or less…

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Great. looking forward to that.

Daniel_G: Thank you very much that you are here and shared lot of valuable data. I hope you will still stay here.

Total cost to build Mizuno-like reactor is roughly 500 USD if you can weld. I hope more replicators will come. As I said earlier, anyone…