Journal of Applied Physics
Feedback | Help | Exit
Journal of Applied Physics
   
 
 
 
Previous Article
Generation of absorption waves by CO2 laser pulses at low power density
Optical breakdown generated by CO2 laser pulses in helium, argon, and xenon atmospheres has been investigated by fast plasma plume imaging and measurements of energy and temporal shape of the transmit...
Next Article
Analysis and determination of the stress-optic coefficients of thin single crystal silicon samples
This paper summarizes the analysis of the influence of anisotropy on the stress-optic coefficients and the determination of the stress-optic tensor components 11–12 and 44 using an infrared polar...

Water bath calorimetric study of excess heat generation in "resonant transfer" plasmas

J. Appl. Phys. 96, 3095 (2004); doi:10.1063/1.1778212

Issue Date: 15 September 2004

You are not logged in to this journal. Log in

Jonathan Phillips
University of New Mexico National Laboratory Prof., 209 Farris Engineer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

Randell L. Mills and Xuemin Chen
BlackLight Power, Incorporated, Cranbury, New Jersey 08512
Water bath calorimetry was used to demonstrate one more peculiar phenomenon associated with a certain class of mixed gas plasmas, termed resonant transfer (RT) plasmas. Specifically, He/H2(10%) (500  mTorr), Ar/H2(10%) (500  mTorr), and H2O(g) (500 and 200  mTorr) plasmas generated with an Evenson microwave cavity consistently yielded on the order of 50% more heat than non-RT plasma (controls) such as He, Kr, Kr/H2(10%) under identical conditions of gas flow, pressure, and microwave operating conditions. The excess power density of RT plasmas was of the order 10  W  cm–3. In earlier studies with these same RT plasmas it was demonstrated that other unusual features were present including dramatic broadening of the hydrogen Balmer series lines, unique vacuum ultraviolet lines, and, in the case of water plasmas, population inversion of the hydrogen excited states. Both the current results and the earlier results are completely consistent with the existence of a hitherto unknown exothermic chemical reaction, such as that predicted by Mills, occurring in RT Plasmas. ©2004 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 15 November 2002; accepted 11 June 2004
Permalink: http://link.aip.org/link/?JAPIAU/96/3095/1
BUY THIS ARTICLE   (US$28)
Download HTML Download Sectioned HTML Download PDF (281 kB) View Cart

EDITORIALLY RELATED

  1. Comment on "Water bath calorimetric study of excess heat generation in resonant transfer plasmas" [J. Appl. Phys. 96, 3095 (2004)]
    A. V. Phelps
    J. Appl. Phys. 98, 066108 (2005)
  2. Response to "Comment on `Water bath calorimetric study of excess heat generation in resonant transfer plasmas' [J. Appl. Phys.96, 3095 (2004)]"
    Jonathan Phillips
    J. Appl. Phys. 98, 066109 (2005)

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 52.50.Gj
    Plasma heating by particle beams
  • 52.25.-b
    Plasma properties
  • 82.33.Xj
    Plasma chemical reactions including flowing afterglow and electric discharges
  • YEAR: 2004

RELATED DATABASES


To view database links for this article,
you need to log in.
To view database links for this article,
you need to log in.

PUBLICATION DATA

ISSN:
0021-8979 (print)   1089-7550 (online)
Publisher:
AIP is a member of CrossRef AIP

REFERENCES (34)
View in Separate Window/Tab
For access to fully linked references, you need to log in. For access to fully linked references, you need to Log in.
  1. R.L. Mills (unpublished), http://www.blacklightpower.com/pdf/CQMTheoryPaperTablesand%20Figures080403.pdf
  2. R.L. Mills (unpublished), http://www.blacklightpower.com/pdf/technical/H2Paper TableFiguresCaptions111303.pdf
  3. R. Mills, M. Nansteel, and P. Ray, J. Plasma Phys. 69, 131 (2003).
  4. H. Conrads, R. Mills, and Th. Wrubel, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 12, 389 (2003).
  5. R. Mills, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 27, 565 (2002).
  6. R. Mills, M. Nansteel, and P. Ray, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 30, 639 (2002).
  7. R. Mills, J. Dong, and Y. Lu, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 25, 919 (2000).
  8. R. Mills, M. Nansteel, and P. Ray, New J. Phys. 4, 70.1 (2002).
  9. R. L. Mills and P. Ray, J. Phys. D 36, 1535 (2003).
  10. R. L. Mills, P. Ray, B. Dhandapani, M. Nansteel, X. Chen, and J. He, J. Mol. Struct. 643, 43 (2002).
  11. R. Mills and P. Ray, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 27, 301 (2002).
  12. R. Mills, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 26, 1041 (2001).
  13. R. L. Mills and P. Ray, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 28, 825 (2003).
  14. R. Mills and P. Ray, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 27, 533, (2002).
  15. R. Mills, J. He, A. Echezuria, B. Dhandapani, and P. Ray (unpublished).
  16. R. L. Mills, P. Ray, J. Dong, M. Nansteel, B. Dhandapani, and J. He, Vib. Spectrosc. 31, 195 (2003).
  17. R. Mills, P. Ray, and R. M. Mayo, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 31, 236 (2003).
  18. R. Mills, P. Ray, and R. M. Mayo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1679 (2003).
  19. R. L. Mills, P. Ray, B. Dhandapani, and J. He, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 31, 338 (2003).
  20. R. L. Mills, P. Ray, B. Dhandapani, R. M. Mayo, and J. He, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 7008 (2002).
  21. R. L. Mills and P. Ray, New J. Phys. 4, 22.1 (2002).
  22. M. Kuraica and N. Konjevic, Phys. Rev. A 46, 4429 (1992).
  23. M. Kuraica, N. Konjevic, M. Platisa, and D. Pantelic, Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 47, 1173 (1992).
  24. I. R. Videnovic, N. Konjevic, and M. M. Kuraica, Spectrochim. Acta, Part B 51, 1707 (1996).
  25. S. Alexiou and E. Leboucher-Dalimier, Phys. Rev. E 60, 3436 (1999).
  26. S. Djurovic and J. R. Roberts, J. Appl. Phys. 74, 6558 (1993).
  27. S. B. Radovanov, K. Dzierzega, J. R. Roberts, and J. K. Olthoff, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 2637 (1995).
  28. S. B. Radovanov, J. K. Olthoff, R. J. Van Brunt, and S. Djurovic, J. Appl. Phys. 78, 746 (1995).
  29. C.K. Chen and J. Phillips (unpublished).
  30. C.K. Chen, J. Phillips, and R. Mills (unpublished).
  31. C.K. Chen, J. Phillips, R. Mayo, and R. Mills (unpublished).
  32. R.L. Mills, P.C. Ray, R.M. Mayo, M. Nansteel, B. Dhandapani, and J. Phillips (unpublished).
  33. R. L. Mills, X. Chen, P. Ray, J. He, and B. Dhandapani, Thermochim. Acta 406, 35 (2003).
  34. D.R. Lide, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 79th ed. (CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 1998), pp. 5–61–5–84.

CITING ARTICLES
For access to citing articles, you need to log in.
For access to citing articles, you need to Log in.


Copyright © American Institute of Physics