"John Smith I" wrote in message
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Jimmie D wrote:

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It doesnt take much to tell that the flame is a plasma arc, not hydrogen
as claimed. A neon sign transformer would probably be much more efficent.

The whole point of the paper towel is to prove it is not a plasma arc,
which would burn the paper towel ...

View it again ...

JS

Maybe not if it is wet with salt water. If that were hydrogen you wouldnt
even see the flame. There are no bubbles of gas in the tube.
Ive seen plasma flame very similar to this when playing with an old
microwave. While zapping old disk I have seen plasma flames that look
exacltly like thiose rise up from the disk, hey maybe thats a new form of
energy too.

Jimmie