Ibpointless2 Crystal Cells

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Just thinking out loud here.Maybe mixing Duro's superglue with something like powdered carbon will make it conductive?triffid

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It turns out that certain bacteria may help create ice crystals at lower temps than we thought.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/science/25snow.html?_r=0  and  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonas_syringae


Maybe certain bacteria could affect the water in our gluecells?

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I bought a package of 22 pencils from family dollar for about $1.65.My intent is to use the pencil lead contained within the pencils as electrodes sometime in the future.I will have to burn the wood off of them to do that.triffid

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I showed my rock batteries to another retired chemist.My first cell showed only about .45 volts.
The second cell I showed gave off 1.57 volts.He seemed more impressed with that voltage.As we talked the voltages in both cells continued to decline.These were cells I made back in June(five months ago).And left open to the air.As we were talking the voltages declined.So as energy was being drawn through the casimir plates.The distance between the plates grew smaller and smaller.Giving me less and less voltage.Water vapor does not seem to destroy the voltage by itself.The cells under a load get weaker and weaker.triffid

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I have figured out how to remove most of the pencil lead from a number two pencil without using a fire.
I soaked my 20 pencils(not 22 as I had said earlier) in tap water for three days straight.Using a pair of pliers I then crunched the wood gently up and down the pencil to split the wood.Using my fingers I was able to split the wood off from the pencil exposing most of the pencil lead unbroken.The pencil lead from a number two pencil is many times thicker than the mechanical pencil leads I was using.I will build six more cells using the new source of pencil leads and magnesium strips tomorrow.triffid