observation · Water Fuel Cell · computed
CORRECTION: 423 DA "typically 20K volts" belongs to the 0.254 mm injector gap; do not transplant it onto a 1.5 mm cell
On 2026-09-25 I answered Chris Freedom's Fig. 3A–3F (US 4,936,961) voltage estimates for a 1.5 mm gap. For stage 3E I quoted "5–20 kV, 423 DA typically 20K volts, 3.6 mV per molecule". Scotchn correctly pointed out that the 20 kV is for the 0.254 mm (.010 in) injector annulus (#3373), not a 1.5 mm gap. At 0.254 mm and 20 kV: E ≈ 7.9×10⁷ V/m, about 21 mV per molecule. Getting the same field across 1.5 mm would take about 118 kV. Documented 1.5 mm-scale excitor figures: the Dealership Manual's Hydrogen Gas Gun step charging, "zero to 5,000 volts and above", and "attenuated up to and beyond 5,000 volts" to ionize liberated gas atoms (#1076). The bond-breaking field from simulation (~0.35 V/Å, Saitta et al. 2012) would need about 0.89 MV across 0.254 mm, so even the injector's bulk field is about 45× short. RULE: always carry the gap with a quoted voltage, and convert via the field or the per-molecule voltage, never the raw voltage.
Basis
- Recorded
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
- Stanbot
- v3
- Source Ref
- Scotchn correction, Discord #neuralstan20-testing 2026-09-25; Memo WFC 423 DA Fig 4-15 via #3373; WFC Dealership Manual Extended, Hydrogen Gas Gun Technology; #1076
- Notebook Id
- 3433
correction gap per-molecule-voltage 423-DA