I would say just measure the temperature of an open beaker containing the boron solution. What you're probably looking after is sudden heat increase due to a kind of LENR effect. If such an effect is occurring you should see different slope of the Temp/time graph you should compose. Such sudden effect likely occurs when a certain hydrogen saturation in the coin metal lattice has occurred.
If you want an extra reference you could use a second identical beaker and use only graphite rods in the same solution. Both setups can be connected to the same power supply, but measure the current in both setups, since the 'all graphite' beaker will likely have a different overall resistance. Graphite rods are cheap and can be bough for a few dollars in any art materials shop. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> wrote: > What's the quickest way to do some basic calorimetry ... ? > > a) Stir the boron and measure the temperature inside and outside the > container. > b) Compare the measured VA and the delta-T of the solution. > c) Use an oscilloscope to check that there are no spikes/abnormal > waveforms in the input power. > > If that show some excess heat, but it's not definitive, estimate the > losses: > > d) Add a resistor, and use it to produce the same temperature/time profile > (This is what Godes/McKubre did). > >
