Re: Rubber toroids

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Rubber toroids
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 19:50:43 -0500
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From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Saturday, October 25, 1997 5:54 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Rubber toroids 

On Thursday, October 23, 1997 2:29 PM DamDeName-at-aol-dot-com
[SMTP:DamDeName-at-aol-dot-com] wrote;

> Hi Ed, et al ---
> 
>    You are correct --- it is Copper Sulphate (CuSO4-5H2O )
> The proportions and conditions :
>  
> .                Copper Sulphate ------------- 26-33  oz/gal
>                  Sulphuric acid     ------------  4-10    oz/gal
> Conditions :
>                   temp F              ------------ 70-120
>            current density (asf)  ------------  20-100
>     Agitation ,cathode and/or air    -----  preferred --- ( no air for baby
> shoes ) 
>     ratio  cathode to anode    -------------  1:1
>                       Anodes     ----------------   Copper
>   filtration : continuous preferred --- esp. for heavy deposits (as in
> electroforming)
>                        Voltage ------------------   less than 6 volts
> generally 
> 
> Source : ---- electroplating engineering handbook ---third edition
> hope this helps--
>                              Sandy

The above soloution is fine IF you are going to submerge the object to be 
plated in the plating soloution (I'd love to see you try plating a 6 foot 
sphere that way) If you look at my origional post I overcame the size 
limitations imposed by immersing the sphere or toroid in the soloution by 
instead saturating the soloution onto a foam brush connected to the 
positive side of the power supply and using a painting action to plate the 
surface which is connected to the negative side of the power supply.

> ps.  copper chloride is , for the most part, insoluble in water.

NOT SO! You forget there are two forms of copper chloride;
  1. copper chloride (ous) CuCl or Cu2Cl2 mole weight = 99.03 solubility 
     per 100 ml. in cold water = 0.0062 gm.
  2. copper chloride (ic) CuCl2  mole weight = 134.48 soloubility per
     100 ml. in cold water = 70.6 gm.
                               
I was speaking of #2 and I think you are speaking of #1


 
                               Sincerely

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