You can find a coauthored paper in 1998 too. FYI Piantelli is 77 years old and ill- asthma, he cannot travel. And is a very bright scientist.
The other authors as Vera Montalbano have done the analytical chemistry, microscopy etc part. Peter On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > You could be right, and my-bad for passing on rumor … unless, that is, > this is one of the papers which caused a falling-out, which continues to the > present. Was Piantelli present? > > > > For instance, it appears the Italians were in the habit of listing > co-authors alphabetically, to wit: > > > > S. FOCARDI(1), V. GABBANI(2), V. MONTALBANO(2), F. PIANTELLI(2) > > and S. VERONESI(2) > > > > > > Whereas, one of the five - might have – at some later date - considered > himself to have been the lead investigator, but realizing that he is not > getting the credit he deserves. Who knows? > > > > BTW a close look at this paper and the ones cited prior to it shows that > energetic nickel-hydride has been around a long time - and that the major > advance which pushed it over the top in recent years - is probably the > emergence of “nano” … > > > > Randell Mills, in contrast - chose a commonly available form of nickel > early on – Raney nickel - which since the 1920s was made in such a way > (leaching out aluminum from an alloy) that it was already “nano” in an > inverse sense … and therefore Mills had a form of “nanopowder” a decade > ahead of the others. > > > > … what a tangled web this may turn out to be … > > > > *From:* Jed Rothwell > > > > 4) As I understand the personal situation, Piantelli is a bitter enemy > of Focardi, going back to the early nineties > > > > Ø They co-authored a paper in 1994, so I doubt they were bitter enemies > then. See: > > > > http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/FocardiSlargeexces.pdf > > > > - Jed > > >
