Jan 21st: Further investigations.

500mg sample size Constant throughout.
99% Argon to 5ATM - no result.
99% He to 5ATM - no results.
99% O2 to 5ATM - no results (suspicious of this).
Very sceptical about Nitrogen as inert.

Contrary to my premonitions Nitrogen caused our sample to glow as its approached 
1.8 ATM. Within ~10 seconds the piece stated glowing and melted through the 
container.

This fascinating result was completely unexpected. I decided to investigate 
further. With testing I discovered that our small sample was radiating on a par
with a black body radiator at 5000K. This is unprecedented for such a small 
amount of input energy.

Jan 22nd: I start combining gasses. After extensive test it seems that
50% N2 - 50% O2 at 3ATM - causes glow.

N2 at 5ATM and above causes stuttering output. Steady energy release observed
at lower pressures.

I can barely stay awake - been up for 54 hours.