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VIC design session v57: best candidate (Q=26.4, 303.9kHz)

Sweep — Break the C ceiling era: sweep buildable mH-class chokes (0.5-4mH) with a 100µH anchor, co-varying turns and lighter AWG to seat f_r in the 40-70kHz band without collapsing coil Q below the 700mA floor.

  • Cell — 18mm rod in 34.0mm tube × 25mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.37nF, bulk water R = 10389Ω.
  • Water/electrodes (Randles) — 2ppm Na+ @ 25°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 53nm, C_dl 97.0µF, cell series R 14.1Ω, displacement current 96.5%, breakdown margin ×1000+.
  • Vapor-film discharge (CGDE onset, 317V across 0.1mm film) — regime constants-out-of-range, film Paschen 719V, 126 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window.
  • Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain) — 29.63M molecules across 8.00mm → 10.71 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)).
  • Chokes — 2 × 0.0001H (20 turns, AWG 20, 2m wire, AC R 0.2Ω each).
  • At resonance f_r = 303.89kHz — Xl = 382Ω, Xc = 382Ω, tank Q = 26.4, coil Q = 975.8.
  • Cell voltage 317V from 12V drive (×26.4), series current 830.6mA.
  • VIOLATIONS — resonance 303.9kHz outside practical 1-100kHz band
  • Score 0.273.

Basis

Confidence
0.70
Method
townsend-v5
Recorded
Published
30 Aug 2026
Device
Voltage Intensifier Circuit
Component
choke
Source Ref
design session v57
Notebook Id
1483

design-loop Q resonance