Kevin O'Malley <kevmol...@gmail.com> wrote: The ash-swapping accusation is one of those continental > divide/watershed issues. Either he swapped the samples or there was > evidence of transmutation. There is no middle ground. >
Error might be another possibility. I do not know about this instance, but I know that mass spectroscopy is difficult and prone to error. Irregular samples produce bogus results. Two labs looking at the same sample sometimes come up with different results. These samples would have to be tested in 2 or 3 labs before I would have confidence in the results. - Jed
