Single circuits generate nuclear reactions

[aleks]

Wonder if graphite will work for this too?

It's the same thing.. allotrope of carbon. From what I've read carbon rods are usually made of graphite, and it looks like the best thing for this task as graphite has layered structure, and in practice comes in separate crystal formations (I've posted a picture before) - called crystallites. (well, previously I've mistakengly used term "polycrystalline", which is related to structure containing several allotropes... I should have said carbon rods "consist of crystallites")

It's not fully related to carbon rods, but should probably give a clue on graphite structure:

(graphite sheets http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6673284.html)

this looks like a micro powder.

[hartiberlin]

Graphite is carbon mixed with varying amounts of clay. 

Well, just only in pencils !
Graphite rods from batteries have no clay in it as far as I know.
This then conducts the current better without the clay...

[hartiberlin]

Graphite , as well as also the diamond, is just a modification of the
carbon molecules structure.

Graphite is the one, which conducts very nicely the electric current
like metals but has very nice properties as it is not consumed
by any acids or bases..

By the way, what makes brikets coal so energy efficient when
using it to heat your room is also the modification element change
from normal carbon to graphite and then to CO2.

The change from carbon to graphite puts out all the extreme heat
when a coal briket glows red hot.
Just burning carbon without the change to graphite
would not put out so much heat...

This way you can also generate yourself graphite as I have posted earlier
inside the battery threads...

Regards, Stefan.

[Earl]

@Earl

At this point I have no idea if that photograph is 'real' or not.   I tend to think it is, just that it was acquired secondhand and passed around. 

The photo is real and shows some equipment, and perhaps this was even shipped to Germany, but what is fake is claiming this is equipment harnessing carbon/boron fusion fission.  It can clearly be seen that the only thing inside each toroid is a steel fixation bolt.

Claiming that this is a 60kW fusion fission power supply shipped to a customer is bla bla bla.

Earl

[sulake]

I also need to find a source for carbon rods.
Don't they use carbon rods for electric welding rods of some kind for cutting or something?

Good idea, those are propably sold by the same retailer than the thoriated tungsten electrodes!
Here is those of size 10mm diameter and 300mm length, the copper coating must be removed sence it is diamagnetic.
http://www.gys.fr/spip.php?page=produit&reference=049468&lang=uk&cat_id=451
And more the carbon, more the power? (8 kw per gram of carbon used, but not consumed)