What is going on in this video?
I am going to explain it with what I see and understand. Below is a slice of my own thoughts, laid out for discussion.
According to Kenneth Shoulders, the action of bubbles forming causes charge separation. The cell here, as many others in this field, forms bubbles very quickly and this is key to the gas having the desired properties.
The bubbles lead to the formation of charge clusters (analogue of heavy electrons in this case that may or may not contain entrained positive ions), they replace the electrons in the hydrogen molecule, making it denser. This is easy to do since h+ (or protons alone) are formed at the time of electrolysis, this provides both ready positive ions for the charge clusters and also an ionised atom nuclei that wishes to grab the nearest -1 charge particle in the vicinity to re-stabalise. The charge clusters have a charge of -1 and can be far more massive than a common electron. The most simple is the composite particle, given various names, and speculated first by Reginald B Little as "e- p e-", however, Prof. Francesco Piantelli has a patent on one name variant, which he calls "H-"
As Moray B King says, there are two fractions to activated HHO gas, one is the plain hydrogen and oxygen, the other is this 'heavy' stuff. I am explaining what the heavy stuff is.
The Tungsten is not brought to its melting point, it just 'looks' like it is hot AND it is in a 'liquid' state. In fact, looking at the colour of the so called 'molten tungsten' in the video, you should know it is not actually at its melting temperature, if you don't believe me, plug in a tungsten lightbulb and ask yourself why you can't even look at the filament, and yet the filament is not molten..
This effect is brought about by the heavy electrons / charge clusters that conduct into the metal and can be excited into a different state where they do not hold on to their adjacent atoms (via Van-der-walls / Casimir) in the same way as a plain and pure electrons do.
Where there are different conductivity materials, more charge clusters go into the more conductive element. There is still some recombination heat that does raise the temperature and also stimulate the charge clusters to 'go soft' on adjacent atoms. Also the heat stimulates their break down causing both more heat and a glow that looks like heat but is not as the process excites local atoms. This is what allows the coming together of dissimilar materials, like wood (unburnt) and aluminium in John Hutchinson's work and what would, for instance, allow paper to be found in what 'looked' like a melted filing cabinet, if, for instance, you wanted to make such a curiosity.
Suhas Ralkar's observations
In my first few minutes of meeting Suhas Ralkar, as he explained how he came to research LENR, I asked if his observation of his Titanium getting 'red hot' in his 'resonant hydrogen plasma' discharge process was actually because it got hot, or because it looked hot. In subsequent discussions I quizzed him as to if the water flowing around the 'glowing' sample was boiling off and he said he didn't really notice - IMPO, if the titanium was really hot, it would have been rapidly turning the water to steam and have been VERY obvious. In the case of Suhas' process, the charge clusters are both formed, conducted and excited in a series of rapid consecutive steps. He also says that in certain cases with iron, it 'melts' - in a water bath?? Without a steam explosion??
Suhas Ralkar's foil making process appears to lead to transmutations.
Me356's observations
Here is an image a researcher called 'me356' shared a while back, animated for clarity
This is what he says
As I said, same power, both with very same fuel. Right photo was captured 3 minutes later when I turned excess heat off (Yes, it is possible).
Absolutely nothing changed, just one is running with excess heat second one without. It is identical reactor, but photo was captured 3 minutes later. Later I have turned excess heat On again.
Temperature of the heater is also same. You can see that the heater is heating stainless steel tube.
But stainless steel tube on the left is glowing "on its own" even on the place where heater is not present.
If you know what is thermal conductivity of a stainless steel you will see that something is really strange on the left photo.."
me356 has created a field and/or stimulation, that is changing the state of the charge clusters in the reactor and the stainless, in the case of the stainless it makes it 'look' hot, but me356 self admittedly says the "temperature of the heater" and the "power" are the same (except for the signal to switch states one presumes). Since we know from John Hutchinson and Kenneth shoulders that activating charge clusters can cause transmutations, and that mainstream physics says that the transmutations have to be accompanied by energy/particle release/capture, it would seem likely that, depending on his fuel choice, me356 was seeing excess heat at these controlled times. This is the definition of directed energy.
Why does the glass crack?
When the gas is applied to the glass alone, there is little conduction of the charge clusters into it. Real and normal heating has to take place through re-combination of the 'light' fraction of the HHO, which is highly localised, this causes stress in the glass resulting in it breaking.
Conclusion
Since electrons hold matter together, and since heat loosens their grip, we can safely conclude that anything that appears to make metals 'liquid' at a lower input energy, is to do with electrons. Now, if the electrons could be made to more efficiently loose their grip - then they would do so in a 'cold' state. If an analogue of them were a little more susceptible to loosing their grip, then heat would do that at a lower temperature.
IMPO, based on my current understanding, in the case of John Hutchinson, light, in the form of microwaves in the band 21 - 24cm, is better than heat at doing the same trick of triggering the charge clusters (and even electrons) to let go. Once they have let go and are in the 'liquid' state, they can, in an electrostatic field, and in combination with MW radiation, build charge clusters that will concentrate at the standing wave maximum points in metal samples. This is why Hutchinson's samples break in the middle or 1/3rd in from an end. If the charge clusters become too large and break, they cause transmutation and fracturing of the metal.
Also, the charge clusters are formed and held at the centre of the centre of these standing wave maximum nodes, when the power is turned off, two things happen, the metal 'freezes' and the charge clusters propagate to the surface, where they can cause rapid oxidation, disintegration/transmutation of the metal surface and even glowing and what might appear as fire. They do this by stimulation of surrounding electrons and atoms on the surface. Since Suhas Ralkar's 'Resonant Hydrogen Plasma' is rapidly on and off, there is no build up to extreme levels.
Most effective elements for charge cluster / electrostatic / Microwave / discharge / sound based technology
| Metal | Melting point | Most conductive |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | 660.3 °C | 4th |
| Silver | 961.8 °C | 1st |
| Gold | 1,064 °C | 3rd |
| Copper | 1,085 °C | 2nd |
What this is telling us that Aluminium would be most susceptible of all of the elements to disintegration - the surface would tear off atom by atom and since aluminium readily forms a highly stable oxide, this would result in nano particles of Al2O3 which due to the properties of charge clusters, may be lighter than air, resulting in them 'fuming' off, though Al atoms alone might fume off. Aluminium would also be one of the best for cold forming and production of charge clusters in the first place, however you would want to cold form in an inert atmosphere and ideally with nothing more than state-changed electrons. This is why I now think that, in a hydrogen atmosphere, Aluminium would be a great LENR material, since above its melting point, it can allow the formation of charge clusters that can act to transmute material when the charge cluster building stimulation is switched off.
Silver is optimal combination between cost, melting point, ability to store charge clusters (due to proton quanta) and conductivity. Having this element 'molten' in a noble gas/hydrogen atmosphere with arc discharge will yield great effects - since the discharge provides electron density, static field and a range of RF/MW simultaneously. Silver in a hydrogen / noble gas atmosphere could also work by, after being made molten, applying sound cavitation, or tuned RF/microwaves in a similar atmosphere, in the latter case, tuned microwaves in a static electric field would be optimal. Tuning the microwaves will need a lot of thought on housing material and form. Pulsing 'chirps' of microwaves will be necessary to prevent over build up of charge clusters which would result in destruction of containment as discovered by Norris Peery.
Metals that are particularly good at taking on hydrogen isotopes into their bulk would be desirable as these could form charge clusters easily within them, particular examples would be Palladium, Titanium, though Aluminium and Silver can dissolve hydrogen much more readily when molten.
Gold is the best store of charge clusters for later instantaneous deployment, due to its noble nature and large number of protons.
Any metal storing charge clusters can 'infect' other conductors by simple contact, the level of effects achievable either via forced action or natural processes exhibited in the affected material will be dependent on its conductivity, its natural melting point and its nobility. You would not want a device that created charge clusters to have a conduction path to ground through the steel structure of your building, for instance, as there would be a risk of structural failure in a number of novel ways.
Therefore, any reactor utilising this effect needs to be not grounded - and not connected to other grounded metal. Conversely, grounding can release the build up in the reactor, however, charge cluster based electron analogues will take time to migrate to earth and be dissipated. Indeed, the possibility may exist that metals charged in this way, could provide electricity, via a semiconductor, to power grounded devices, this may be one aspect of how the Henry Moray device worked.
The good news is, paper, alumina (below 1000ºC), de-ionised water, clothing, humans etc. are not good conductors and so we can't take on board this concentrated energy by touch/induction/beam alone. However, if we are holding anything metallic that has them in, either by field induction, beam delivery or infection, and then they are triggered, they could, for instance, release their energy as an incredible electric shock which would then conduct through the body and kill you. This is the basis of weapons used in Syria, reported by on-the ground journalists there.
Prediction / test
I would suggest that someone takes a billet of IRON, exposes one half to a suitable HHO torch like the one above for a long period of time, then, using an insulated grip and tool in a lathe, lathe off the surface and place both samples on an insulator. Then I would observe how fast each part rusts.