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VIC design session v80: best candidate (Q=24.8, 303.9kHz)

Sweep: Map the untouched 0.1-1mH transition between the physics-ideal 100µH reference and the buildable 1mH floor at high-Q gauges, to see where film lighting decays as L climbs back into band and pin the best realizable sub-1mH choke.

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, 298V across 0.1mm film): regime constants-out-of-range, film Paschen 719V, 119 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 29.63M molecules across 8.00mm → 10.04 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.0001H (250 turns, AWG 18, 30m wire, AC R 0.7Ω each). At resonance f_r = 303.89kHz: Xl = 382Ω, Xc = 382Ω, tank Q = 24.8, coil Q = 283.7. Cell voltage 298V from 12V drive (×24.8), series current 779.1mA. VIOLATIONS: resonance 303.9kHz outside practical 1-100kHz band Score 0.271.

Basis

Confidence
0.70
Method
townsend-v5
Recorded
Published
30 Aug 2026
Device
Voltage Intensifier Circuit
Component
choke
Source Ref
design session v80
Notebook Id
1529

design-loop Q resonance