Final Draft - Linnard Griffin Hydrogen Reactor Experiment Report

[ResinRat2]

Hi TwoHawks,

I do appreciate your kind words, everyone has been very supportive with ideas and words and it really makes all the time and effort and expense worth it for me.

I have been experimenting with the glass/plexiglas materials ideas and the conclusion I am reaching is that the materials all expand and contract at different rates and amounts, and leaks are the ongoing problem. The reactor needs to be one material, either that or any interface between touching materials needs to be filled with a material like a rubber gasket or rubber stopper or some type of material that expands and contracts and fills in gaps. Ideally it would need to be all glass now, but drilling holes in glass is very, very difficult. It fractures and chips so easily. This has been the hardest part so far in the whole project. I am not a glassblower and the last reactor gave me nothing but trouble with gaskets. They ALWAYS leaked.

I was thinking it would probably be ideal if it was all tungsten carbide, but then it would cost a small fortune, and unless there was some type of sight-glass nothing inside the reactor could be seen. Then the interface problem would show up again as leaks.

If I could drill the holes in glass more expertly, then that would be half the battle. The rest could be built like a fish tank.

No videos because there is no sense in posting failures. I want to see this working, then I will write another paper and document it all as clearly as I can. I am learning as I go, so everyone please have patience. The last reactor took months and months to finally complete. This one looks like it will take a while too. Sorry, it is the reality of the situation.

Trying my best with what I have.

Thanks for the interest.

[hansvonlieven]

G'day Dave,

The product you need as a bonding agent is called sikaflex, It will stick to just about anything and can expand up to 400% before breaking

For further information look for my post on http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,3725.15/topicseen.html and on the earlier pages.

Good luck

Hans

[ResinRat2]

Thanks Hans,
As long as it can stand up to concentrated potassium hydroxide/sodium hydroxide solution then is should be fine.

[spacetrax]

Hi,

I remember a cheap method of making holes in glass: you put some sand on a glass plate, on the spot where you want to make the hole, than make a hole in the middle of the sand with your finger until you see the glass and than you pour molten lead in that hole in sand. The molten lead should melt the glass and fall under the glass plate. I don?t know any quantities for sand and molten lead, you should try it yourself. But that would be the cheapest method.
Cheers!

Hi TwoHawks,

I do appreciate your kind words, everyone has been very supportive with ideas and words and it really makes all the time and effort and expense worth it for me.

I have been experimenting with the glass/plexiglas materials ideas and the conclusion I am reaching is that the materials all expand and contract at different rates and amounts, and leaks are the ongoing problem. The reactor needs to be one material, either that or any interface between touching materials needs to be filled with a material like a rubber gasket or rubber stopper or some type of material that expands and contracts and fills in gaps. Ideally it would need to be all glass now, but drilling holes in glass is very, very difficult. It fractures and chips so easily. This has been the hardest part so far in the whole project. I am not a glassblower and the last reactor gave me nothing but trouble with gaskets. They ALWAYS leaked.

I was thinking it would probably be ideal if it was all tungsten carbide, but then it would cost a small fortune, and unless there was some type of sight-glass nothing inside the reactor could be seen. Then the interface problem would show up again as leaks.

If I could drill the holes in glass more expertly, then that would be half the battle. The rest could be built like a fish tank.

No videos because there is no sense in posting failures. I want to see this working, then I will write another paper and document it all as clearly as I can. I am learning as I go, so everyone please have patience. The last reactor took months and months to finally complete. This one looks like it will take a while too. Sorry, it is the reality of the situation.

Trying my best with what I have.

Thanks for the interest.

[hansvonlieven]

Hi,

I remember a cheap method of making holes in glass: you put some sand on a glass plate, on the spot where you want to make the hole, than make a hole in the middle of the sand with your finger until you see the glass and than you pour molten lead in that hole in sand. The molten lead should melt the glass and fall under the glass plate. I don?t know any quantities for sand and molten lead, you should try it yourself. But that would be the cheapest method.
Cheers!

G'day spacetrax,

I don't know where you got this idea from.

Glass has a melting point of between 2,300?C (4,172?F) [ for pure silica ] and 1,500?C (2,732?F) depending on what kind of glass it is.

The melting point of lead is 327.46 ?C (621.43 ?F)

It is impossible to melt a hole in glass using lead, in fact it is quite possible to melt lead in a glass crucible.

Hans von Lieven