Yes James/Jamie,
I think by exposing the hydrogen to the plasma, Russ wil create Helium, and several other elements. Helium is the combination of two hydrogen atoms.
But the combination isn't limited to just Helium although this is most easy and likely to form. The more the gas is plasmatized (if that is a word) the more elements will form. fact is that every floating atom in the plasma cloud is most likely to be stripped of its electrons.
I suspect that the nobel gas mixture is of such composition that it keeps a balance of these gasses by interchanging electrons/form and charge.
So at a certain point Russ will also have a mixture even when starting with hydrogen, that keeps a balance.
my 2 pennies. :-)
ReneQuote from jamesgsnelson on September 30th, 2012, 08:05 AM This is an interesting theory. So, if he uses pure Argon gas, he could produce Potassium? That would be interesting to see if that would be a gas state or solid.Quote from rfnreynders on September 29th, 2012, 03:37 PM Hmmm...
I saw video 11 and the increased power output with hydrogen.
It made me think.
Hydrogen is the smallest atom we now.
With the least amount of electrons per atom.
So in theory, in a plasma enviroment hydrogen atoms are the easiest to strip from their electrons.
This is why you got a good reaction, even without ionizing the gas.
Then what happens is that after the plasma reaction, electrons want to fall back into the orbit of the atom...
But in the time, the hydrogen atoms were stripped of their electrons, they're cores of the hydrogen didn't repel each other, because the repelling happens due to the electrons that are negatively charged. (like magnets repelling the same charge)
Without the electrons ( in a plasma state) all atoms are neutral, but stil move and so can collide with other atoms.
So some of the hydrogen atoms without the electrons where so near to each other, that after the plasma state they formed a new atom.
Helium.
So, within this new state, the helium atoms had to get electrons from the surrounding. This made the whole device into an electron sucking machine, causing a differential voltage. That is why you had the voltage kick back.
That is why the pressure in the device increases, because the atoms form Helium, and this is a "bigger" gas.
Stil the reaction can continue, because just a few hydrogen atoms reconbined into Helium AND also the helium can be totally stripped of its electrons, giving the oppertunity to form even bigger atoms.
I am not surprised is you find a lot of elements in the gas after the plasma trials.
Go On , you truly are a pioneer !
Jamie
Russ,
I'm glad you tried it with just H2. I had been wondering about that myself, since it is so easy to get and doesn't cost $1700 a tank.
I love your videos. I commend you on all the time and effort you put into these projects. I know there is a ton of work you do, off camera, to bring us these experiments.
Thank you very much.
Jamie
So the Casmir force might be amplifying the speed and power of the shock wave as it goes through the hydrogen.
The van der Waals force also known as the Casmir force maybe where the pop is coming from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casmir_Effect
Where the Casmir force gets its power from, I do not know.
Some say that it is derived from the strong force which holds our universe together or from virtual particles which over time can destroy black holes.
But I will try to convince Russ to increase the strength of this shock wave by improving the structure of his spark…that is my agenda here on this thread.