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New Record @ 4:46pm PST-

Cathode Voltage: 97932V (Ballast Resitor 100k Drop Subtracted)
Cathode Current: 14.38 mA
Pressure (D2): 1.865 Pa (Base Pressure Before Run: 9.866E-5 Pa)
Calibrated TIER: 4.217 E+7 n/sec
Q: 3.50 e-8

I believe n/sec and Q are amateur records.

Jon Rosenstiel's posts about his cube fusor seem to be missing ...

This search helps: https://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/mw-ser/

The strong presence (2.86E-7 Torr) of 5 amu correlated with high fusion rate runs temps me to believe this is DT.

@Dan - I’m trying to complete the following list of possible detected species that’s relevant for fusors

AMU: Possible Species
1: H+
2: H2, D+
3: H3, HD, 3He, T+
4: D2, 4He, TH
5: D2H+(?), TH2+(?), DT
6: D3+, T2, C+

19: DHO, H2OH+, NHD2, CH3D
20: D2O, ND3, CD4
21: D2OH+, DTO
22: D2OD+, T2O

I find it interesting that even after an hour it’s still there and it didn’t show up in lower fusion rate runs

What’s an alternate explanation for mass 5 if tritium isn’t present ?

More interesting data ... any guesses for amu 21 (DTO ?)

After a high power run, interesting peaks at 5 and 6 amu

The x-axis is AMU ... these are all single scans that take about 1 minute

Initial Pump Down versus Base Pressure After Multiple Heating Cycles
Before and After Run

Getting Serious ... added a turbo and RGA