willendure wrote:dahlenaz wrote:Notice that in experiments, an arc does not
make large craters as naturally as is accomplished by an electric wind (dark-mode filament) displacement of material.
This is a huge detail that has not drawn enough attention. This is just the tip of an iceberg.. d..z
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A few more questions. In these experiments, do you have any explanation as to why the craters are polygonal? Are they always polygonal? Are they always hexagons, or do you sometimes get clear octagons?
In response to your question on "why" these polygonal features are occurring at craters
some of the details are already covered by electro-magnetic aspects mentioned in the paper
offered by EofE. However since i'm not creating z-pinches then something else must enter
in as a cause and this may apply at larger scale.
As i looked into this puzzle further i've noticed that another electric discharge phenomenon also
demonstrates polygonal aspects.. At sunspots we can also see that polygonal lines and angles
develop and the cause for this
might be explained indirectly in this statement from the "Electric Sky" pg.107
" In sunspots a large number of ions will flood outward toward the lower corona. such a flow represents a large electric current that will
produce a strong localized magnetic field around the sunspot"
It would seem that forces acting within arcs, like those described by EofE, most likely are not limited to just the interior of the activity.
The electromagnetic activity is probably influential to the surrounding area beyond the filaments and that too may be drawn inward, and so any circularity could be altered. If circularity had been the cross sectional profile
of the forces acting upon material, then as the electro-magnetic forces continue to act upon the material
then circularity may be lost or un-maintainable due to geometric factors causing the circumference to be
straightened into sides and causing the formation of angles where the sides are forced together...
So the polygonal aspects may have more to do with how the surrounding area reacts to the electromagnetic field.
This may apply to sunspots, however, for surface features in material we may need to look at the puzzle
from the inside out.
In my experiments the features were developing as material was removed as the feature expanded outwards.
So lets consider this from the filament's perspective based on the plasma-ball video.
At the tendril side of the activity the geometric challenges are reversed,, they are reaching out
against a loss of influence, possibly causing them to conserve influence adjacent to the leading filaments.
I think this is demonstrated in the plasma-ball experiment involving proximity
to a surface having an electro-magnetic field across it.
When celestial bodies are considered, there are intrinsic electrical fields to think of as well as localized
areas that may have magnetic properties. So i placed a magnet under the aluminum base plate and
you can see the results,
shown two posts ago,,
The result was four very clear sides and angles and a possible fifth. Another experiment with a better electromagnetic field should be quite interesting since hexagonal deposition features have already been shown there.
d..z
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