Crystal Power CeLL by John Hutchison

[mdmiller]

ran onto this which might be of interest to someone adjusting mixes.:

TT Brown's prelim patent on his battery refers to using "high-K" dielectric material in the core/crystal. 

Wiki refers to "zirconium silicates" as high-K.  ZircoPax is about 2/3rds zirconium silicates, the other 1/3rd is silicon dioxide.  It's available at your local ceramics/clay studio supply house, used as a clay opacifier, and around here runs about $7 a pound in small quantities.

My question is how would you combine this with a "massive high-density semi-conductor" .  The most readily available would be lead .  In Brown's journal Vol. 4 pg 33-34 he shows his gravity sensors where the emf potential is 12.5 times greater without an aluminum case.  Interesting.  Also he questions here whether a lead core would provide gravito-electric induction.  Possibly someone has already headed down this road, if so is there anything to share ?  many thanks - Duane

[Feynman]

Thanks duane... I wondered about the high-K material myself .

Too bad they are banning lead in everything, right? 

[Koen1]

Alright guys,
I've been talking to several suppliers and am considering to set up a little service...
Quite a few people have shown interest in the crystal cell thing, but most often
obtaining the right materials is a problem. Hence the service I'm thinking to set up:

Who would (potentially) be interested in a Crystal Cell Experimenters Kit?
They will be available for mail order through me, if all goes well.

Of course, if it does take off a nice website/webshop will follow very soon,
but since you guys over here seem genuinely interested in cell experiments,
I thought I'd get your feedback.

The basic kit I am planning to use as standard would contain:
- 5 or 10 aluminium cells (cylinders with one end sealed) of 3cm diameter and 6cm length
- same number of electrode rods, copper, aluminium, or both.
- chemical compounds for cell experiment use, in amounts of n grams:
  a) Rochelle salt
  b) several aluminosilicate clays (powder)
  c) iron pyrite (mineral)
  d) galena (mineral)
  e) several metal oxides (powder)
  f) several rare metals

And of course if there is enough demand, other types of metal could be used for the cells,
like iron or stainless steel, and the cylinders could be larger or smaller.

Please give your opinions on this?
What ingredients would you like to see in these kits, and how much of these ingredients
would you want in there?
How many cells would you want in the kits, and are there any specific ingredients you
would like to see in there? Are the cell dimensions to your liking or would you prefer
larger ones? I was already thinking of offering 3 sizes: S/M/L...
Any suggestions for any of the kit components are welcome!

when I have your feedback, I can start to work out a preliminary price estimate, and we
can see who would really be interested in purchasing such kits for that price.

Hope to hear a lot of replies.

[AbbaRue]

I am looking for something to make button cells.
Instead of Long and skinny, I need short and wide.
The wider the cell the more plate surface area, thus the more amperage.
Maybe 2 or 3 cm wide and 1cm deep.
Then some type of slug that fits inside with a little gap around it.
Something like those 3V flat batteries used for computer CMOS.

[jeanna]

I am looking for something to make button cells.
Instead of Long and skinny, I need short and wide.

AbbaRue,
Whatever Sutra was using made me think of a beer bottle top. Maybe that is exactly what he was using? Check out his earliest posts. I think you will find it there.

jeanna