Ibpointless2 Crystal Cells

[triffid]

On 12/16/2012 by 11am my time I built six more cells using untreated magnesium strips and pencil lead from number two pencils..I used Elmers glue-all and mortons salt Substitute, epsom salts and added Ultra Dawn dishwashing liquid to each cell.triffid


The idea of using ultra dawn is to create an ionic suspension of casmir plates.Hopefully the ionic suspension will keep the casmir plates apart when the cells dry out. I got the idea when I saw a tv ad about ultra dawn being twice as soapy as non-ultra Joy.The ultra dawn beat out the other soap in breaking the surface tension of the water.In the test tanks I saw on tv.We will see what happens?

[stprue]

I never found my conductive string.But I found something else.A few weeks back I found what was left of a scouring pad that had been run over by a car.The pad was very much destroyed.Two days ago I bought two for a dollar copper plated scouring pads from "Shop and Save",a grocery store here in St.Louis.Using a pair of scissors I cut into one of them over an empty plastic bowl.Lots of little metal pieces resulted that fell into the bowl and not everywhere else.It appears that a single strand of wire is used to weave together one scouring pad
(I could be wrong) but the important thing is that I can out pieces of this wire gauze to make connections between my crystal cells.
The single wire appears to be woven into a wire cloth  and hence pieces of it can be cut out  to serve as conducting connecting pieces between my crystal cells in an egg carton.Soon I will make six more cells using magnesium strips and pencil leads as electrodes.I will add kitty litter to these cells.triffid

Here is conductive string

https://solarbotics.com/search/conductive%20string/

[triffid]

This morning my electrodes in the six new cells were dry enough to measure their voltages.I got at least 1.85 volts on each one and a max of 1.96 volts on one.All of the cells still have liquid in them.All cells are a blue color from the ultra dawn.
So one fear was groundless.I was afraid the dishwashing soap would be too basic and neutralize the fumaric acid to a point where the cells would produce no voltage.I got voltage!


I now want to wait a couple of weeks for all of the liquid to dry completely before I hook up anything to them.I hope the casmir plates will be held in place by ionic suspension.Even when the cells are bone dry.


So when I hook them up again,If voltages drop then this method does not work.
The magnesium strips are showing a black color(corrosion) on them.

[triffid]

Stprue,thanks for the help on the conductive string.I think I can use the pencil leads from number pencils to connect the regular wires to.So my need for conductive string may have vanished?triffid

[stprue]

Have you ever tried to make the John Hutch. cell?