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ok i will gather the data once i have a chance to.
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I'd like to add that with your future power supply (30 kV and 10 ma) you are very likely to be able to activate silver using your fusor. Read up on that and once you get deuterium gas, and I'll bet that you can (using a Geiger Counter or scintillation counter) get proof of fusion via your neutrons converting Ag into nuclear decay producing gamma's.
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fusor voltage current pressure corilation graph.

at the time of makeing the graph the current on the power suply was set to a maximum of 6.3mA

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fusor voltage curent presure table.png
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Rather grossly over done but accepted. We usually only demand a single image of your grid with the rays or glow, a simple statement of "this image was taken at 1600 volts applied with a current of 7ma at a pressure of 11 microns." That is all that was needed. We already had an image of your instrumentation to show you had the means to report on the three variables.

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Interesting measurements. It would be nice If you can supply the geometrical data for the chamber and the cathode. I'm quite surprised with the breakdown voltages you have. They are much higher compared to my results: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13921
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The iner grid is 21mm outside diameter and made of 1mm coper wire that has been silver solderd together. And the chamber is a kf 50 tee section witch is 48mm inside diamiter and 160mm long. i find it strange what is going on at 1×10^-1 mbar between 300 and 700V. I re tried it at those values a fiew times and got the same results.
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Hi Byron,

I liked your workshop collection.

Great Job for Amazing Star-Mode :)

Good Luck Dear

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Congratulations on making the plasma club; hope you can get some heavy water. Do consider talking to a local university/college and maybe they have some and would supply it knowing what you are doing.
By the way, the 30 kV 10 ma supply will produce x-rays and you really need to think about what safety precautions you will need for that supply. It is highly lethal and easily can burn through marginal insulation so be careful on proper cable - I had a cable rated for 35 kV and my supply can reach 33 kV. Bad mistake - no real margin and it burned through and shorted to the concrete floor! Not an easy repair (the cable.) I treat this cable as a potential electrocution hazard and isolate it.
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I'm going to use some roofing lead as a temporary solution and I've just ordered a Geiger counter. with the high voltage power supply I have some good cable rated to 50kv still looking for some propper connectors tho. that's not a bad Idea asking colleges and universities for deuterium ile ask the physics department at the one I go to if they can get any.
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Slate is available from major hardware stores - is inexpensive, does not conduct electricity, easy to cut/drill and is safe (lead is toxic and should be painted to reduce dust issues.) Of course, doesn't bend so that might be the deciding issue.
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Does slate stop x-rays I’ve never heard of it being used for stopping x-rays before. I have worked with lead a lot before and know how to use it safely.
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Yes, Slate will attenuate X rays, but it will need to be thicker, which it usually is. There is nothing magic about lead except that it's massive.
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I still work with lead and cadmium in castings. Worked with the stuff for years. Let the stuff melt outside and only then approach, do your business with the molten metal and let that be it. A mask helps on big prolonged casting efforts, but I tend to shun masks when doing real involved stuff. As far as the hands? No gloves. Just wash up well after you put all the materials away. Other than for casting hundreds of bullets, I rarely work with lead-antimony alloys much anymore. Cadmium demanded for low melting point alloys, which I sell, is getting tough to find. Roto metals sells cadmium but it is not on their long list of metals on the home page. A call to them will get you all you want.

Be very serious about this stuff only if you work in a job where it is molten all the time. I have always failed to see the ridiculous overwhelming concern for rare and highly intermittent handling of these things, especially as relates to simple radiation shielding.
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