Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
> >Wait for it . . . Wait for it . . . Minutes later the cell starts to > >self-heat, as positive feedback kicks in. It ramps up slowly, over several > >minutes, and finally reaches the "climax" boil off (as Biberian calls it). > > > [snip] > Minutes are typical time intervals for thermal transmission. Perhaps it > just > takes a while for the heat to reach the active sites? > No doubt that is the reason. The same thing happens when you heat the cell by other means, such as a joule heater. Whether it heats itself or is heated externally, it works the same way, and that is why we know it is the heat that does the trick, not neutrons or some other product of the reaction. This is a slow and unreliable way to control the reaction. I doubt that temperature will became an effective way to modulate the reaction in a practical device. If there is a way to do that, I guess it would be de-gassing nanoparticles. I hope that cold fusion can be modulated. - Jed
