From:
"Russ.Shaw" <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>
Newsgroups:
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Subject: Re: Plasma, fusion and antimatter
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wrote:
>
> I guess I meant is there some kind of trick to it,
other than just
> pumping high voltage through a glass chamber of hydrogen.
>
I guess it's really that simple.
>
> I was just worried about
it exploding. I guess if air can't get to it
> then it should be ok (no
oxidation). I was just remembering what happened when my instructor
>
held a flame to a hydrogen balloon - kaboom!
> Most of the neon tubes
or other type of gas filled tubes we
have lit up get fairly hot in
> a short period of time.
>
> Yes, I knew a Tesla Coil ionizes the air and lets electricity pass
through it forming a plama conductor.
> I just didn't know that
hydrogen was such a good
conductor:
> "A hydrogen plasma has the same conductivity
as copper at about 1.5 keV".
> As I said above, most tubes get
really hot. I assumed there was much resistance.
> If hydrogen conducts
better than air it might be worth some experimenting.
> Perhaps it
would make a better conduit for high voltage than wire or metal sheets,
which
> just glow purple and wastes a lot energy.
>
>
Also, wouldn't it make more sense to use a hydrogen plasma with palladium
electrodes to try and bring
> about cold fusion (not that there is such
a thing)? This way you don't have to break the H2O bonds because it's
already
> just hydrogen. In fact, being ionized it's just protons!
Also, it being a good conductor you could pump lots of high
> voltage
into it, which you can't do with water because of the skin effect. I'm probably wrong, it's probably a
dumb
> idea, but.... I
guess I'll take this last paragraph to a more appropriate Newsgroup.
>
Look up 'hydrogen thyrotron' (a high current switch).
Hydrogen
plasma still has free electrons in it to keep
it neutral.
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