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Eye on ions




Is "dense air" possible? If we let (+) ionized gas and (-) ionized gas
flow together, do the ions form pairs, or do they exchange an electron,
become neutral molecules, and then drift apart? If the former, it should
be possible to form double-density nitrogen by continuously creating equal
and opposite ions within a small enclosure.

Also: If I fill a huge plastic bag with air, then run an ionizer inside
it for a very long time, the air should self-repel, attain a low density,
and so give a bouyancy force. No? Maybe the ions will stick to the
inside of the bag, and if the bag is floppy, they will push it outwards
and lower the pressure that way instead. Is a "static-electricity
dirigible" possible? (Of course it might get sucked to the earth by
its image charge...)


Also:

Build a battery-powered ultrasonic humidifier, charge the whole thing to a
high potential (stick it on a VDG dome), then let it spew charged mist.
Will it "rain" on the walls and ceiling? What would happen if you
collected the mist inside a plastic trash can? Or expose the mist-stream
to a + or - high voltage probe-sphere? What happens if two streams of
opposite-polarity mist come together? Vonnegut tornadoes? Or if a (+)
mist stream flows into a (-) mist volume...? Unlike with flows of charged
wind, this would all be directly visible.


....the above is caused by afternoon wooiness and delerious brainstorming
when I should be doing real work!



PS, got the hoses and shower heads, gonna FINALLY make a dangerously large
Kelvin generator this week.


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