> vorl bek <vorl....@antichef.com> wrote: > > > > > The electric heating power is apparently used to suppress the > > > reaction, not to enhance it. > > > > I have never heard of any material acting that way. If heat > > from the electric heater is used to ignite the nickel, how > > would continuing to heat it after it ignites suppress the > > reaction? > > > First of all, "ignition" is only an analogy here. Nothing is or > can be ignited or burned in the chemical sense. There is no > oxygen. There is no fuel. No chemical changes occur in the cells.
Thanks, I needed that reminder. Now I see that pretty much anything goes. > > Second, this is cold fusion, not combustion or any other > chemical reaction. The rules are different and the rules are not > well understood. I have no idea why raising the temperature > locally can quench a reaction, but this appears to be the case. > If several other groups confirm that heat is a controlling > parameter, and raising the heat quenches the reaction, that will > make it true. > > This is cutting edge experimental science. You can ask "how > would" X or Y be true. You *should* ask. But even if you cannot > think of a reason, you still have to accept that X or Y is true > if replicated experiments prove it. > > - Jed
