[NewCandle] Aluminum and Copper Disc Weight Effects

[Frederick Sparber]

Nick Reiter wrote:

" I played a little today with a Zr foil disc I plated
with electroless Ni, which in theory should have
provided about a 1 volt work function differential,
with Ni being negative to the outside.  I didn't see
any net attraction to the positive plate over a three
foot thread dangle, but the disc did instantly pivot
at about 5 kV (over about 15cm distance between
plates) to align it's diameter with the e-field.  I
can try batteries and nested cylinders as well."

Borrowing from Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) capacitor technology used
in computer chip manufacture, I think a clean aluminum foil, tube,plate, or
rod
given a flash anodizing using an ammonium phosphate-glycerin anodizing
bath followed by electroless nickel and nickel (or copper) electroplating
will bear fruit.

This puts the negative (high work function material) on the outside of
the "no net charge contact potential device" where it should repel
the earth's negative charge in the ~ 120 volt per meter "fair weather field"
with a force F = 120 * C * V  (Newtons).

Since Charge Q equals C * V and Capacitance C is a function of MIM )or
Metal-Capacitance-Metal
area,optimization of weight and area is required for net lift.

Fred
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