G10 was Re: Ammonia spark gap ?

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>


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Subject: Re: Ammonia spark gap ?


> Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> > Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
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> > Duncan,
> > > Yep.  That's the point.  To make ammonia takes hydrogen, nitrogen,
> > > heat (a few hundred C) and high pressure (a few hundred atm) plus a
> > > fast flow rate to whip the ammonia out to somewhere cool before it has
> > > time to decompose.
> > Dont they dissolve it in water then distil it? not sure...
> >
> > > If you do it the other way round, ammonia, low
> > > pressure (1 atm) high temperature (spark, thousands of C) no flow
> > > rate, then the ammonia will fall apart and give nitrogen and hydrogen
> > > :-)  The **reverse** of the Haber process.
> > If anyone has an old vaccum SG ro a little xray tube i'd like to fill it
> > with ammonia and give it a whirl... might be interesting!
> >
> > > >I still think the best bet is an RSG though (IMHO :))
> > >
> > > Or a triggered gap.  Marc has done some excellent stuff with his
> > >  http://www.fortunecity-dot-com/meltingpot/syria/1210/id40.htm ) and it
> > > looks like it may be cheap and easy to build if you're not into
> > > machining G10 composite or modifying motors.
> >
> > What is G10? Ive seen a lot about G10 and G11... are they some king of
> > alloy?
> >
> > Jason
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> Hi Jason..
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> G-10 is a resin and fiber ( glass,linen, etc) matrix pressed and cured (
> heated or chemical like
> epoxy) to produce some really decient plate material. It is normally a
> brownish color ( like curciut
> board material) but it can be found in colors ( for high voltage
> applications the colored doesnt seem
> to hold up as well as it claims to be capable of )
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> Scot D
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