Yes. I think you are correct. The slides' text is terse. It does appear that the more current experiments fall short of Patterson's results. But, unless the reaction products have been measured incorrectly, some anomalous nuclear reactions are occurring.
> > > On 11-10-18 04:13 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: >> George Miley (U. of Illinois) recent published a Powerpoint presentation >> (dated Oct-3-2011 on Google) entitled >> >> "Nuclear Battery Using D-Clusters in Nano-materials --- >> plus some comments about prior H2-Ni power cell studies" >> >> at the following URL: >> https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20498ES%20Energy%20Storage%20Systems/Nuclear%20Battery%20using%20Clusters%20in%20Nanomaterials.pptx >> >> Apparently*he has been successfully replicating the Patterson cell >> results*, > > That would be fantastic news if it were true. However, I don't see it > in that set of slides -- in fact, it appears that Miley's recent results > haven't come within an order of magnitude of the heat generated in the > Patterson cells. I'd say, rather, he has been *attempting* to replicate > the Patterson cell results, with moderately positive results. So the > key to duplicating Patterson's results remains lost. > > Did I miss something? > > Slide 8, regarding the old Patterson cells, and Miley's current work > says: "My sputter coating technique achieves better control ... -- > however the excess heat is cut by an order of magnitude" > > Slide 9, regarding the Patterson cells: "Excess heats of 1-2 kW were > consistently produced ... Light water and NI should not produce a > reaction!!" This is a lead-in to some theoretical discussion, but > there's no indication that he's been able to come anywhere near > Patterson's old result. > > Most of the presentation seemed to consist of a mass spec analysis of > reaction products, with little discussion of heat production. The > latter seems to have been modest at best. > > Again, did I miss something? > >
