On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
See: > > > https://gsvit.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/tpr2-calorimetry-of-hot-cat-performed-by-means-of-ir-camera-2/ > See also: https://docs.google.com/a/node.io/file/d/0B5Pc25a4cOM2Zl9FWDFWSUpXc0U/edit http://www.e-catworld.com/2015/03/08/alumina-emissivity-and-the-lugano-e-cat-test-bob-higgins/ It seems Bob Higgins was studying the emissivity question at the same time as the GSVIT folks and came to a similar conclusion. From his paper: I.E. the radiant power is estimated to be approximately 47% lower than the > value calculated by the Lugano experimenters for A. Rossi’s reactor. > However, the actual power may prove to be higher with proper accounting for > the emission of the heater coil in transmission through the alumina below 4 > μm. Eric
