RE: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My critique of an experiment posed by Dennis Cravens
I don't think skeptics will be convinced until someone stumbles upon a simpler experiment that unarguably demonstrates an obvious difference (burn your fingers scale) between input and output power. I am convinced that trying to increase the output power is the wrong way to go because this anomaly may depend heavily on a small thermal window / sweet spot where the gas is already near disassociation -trying to increase the effect could push the majority of the population into atomic form and either reduce the effect or make it runaway. I would bring the test up to temp then slowly vary my other controls (circulation, gas mix, ect) while reducing the heating control to keep temp constant for any gains from changes in circulation, mix or other variables. The goal to demonstrate a hot - non combusting- plasma maintained with little or no heating -I would want to circulate same hydrogen so skeptics cannot claim some micro combustion and a careful account of the pumping - I suspect the effect needs to be bootstrapped with a heater but then can be maintained by increasing circulation through a kindling of bulk nano powders like blowing on embers to start a fire. If the material is too active like Rayney Nickel it will burn itself out in a quick thermal spike like the Rowan confirmation while less active materials like the Arata Pd powders might be accelerated from their normal slow life after death into a more timely demonstration of excess heat. Fran From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 8:56 PM To: Nick Palmer Cc: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My critique of an experiment posed by Dennis Cravens Nick Palmer ni...@wynterwood.co.ukmailto:ni...@wynterwood.co.uk wrote: The LED will not be convincing. How about just training an IR camera on it and putting the image on the web? A slow stream of air passing the cell would warm up and clearly show on the image. Why not simply install thermocouples and a thermometer in the cell, and in the nearby ambient air? That is simple, direct and foolproof. With 4 W it will produce a definitive result. If it were a fraction of 1 W this would not work. In an ordinary room this would be somewhat problematic and inaccurate because of fluctuations in air temperature and currents of air, but this room is reportedly temperature-stable. I would also insulate the cell well except for one copper pipe (or nail) coming out of the top. Most of the heat would radiate from that pipe, and it would be warm to the touch. At 4 W it would be quite warm. This occurred to me while I was driving home, when somehow the design of an internal combustion engine circa 1880 came to mind. Spark plugs were not invented, or not reliable, so they used an iron bar protruding into the cylinder. It was heated red hot on the outside by a small flow of burning gasoline. The mixture of air and gasoline was injected when the piston started to descend, and it ignited immediately from the hot plug. - Jed
[Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
On October 5, the AIP sent the attached letter to Jan Marwan abruptly cancelling the New Energy Technology Symposium Proceedings. See the letter and a memo from Marwan, below. We will probably upload the papers from these proceedings to LENR-CANR.org. We will probably do this soon, since the AIP's decision appears to be irrevocable. This is disappointing. Marwin did a lot of work on these proceedings, and they would have enhanced the status of cold fusion. We do not know why the AIP cancelled. I can speculate that someone opposed to cold fusion is behind the decision, but I have no knowledge of that. - Jed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maya Flikop Director Special Publications and Proceedings American Institute of Physics Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle Melville , NY 11747 October 5, 2010 Dr. Jan Marwan Forschung Entwicklung Rudower Chaussee , 29 D-12489 Berlin, GERMANY Dear Dr. Marwan: Having received the technical presentation and PDF files related to the “New Energy Technology Symposium”, AIP’s Publisher’s Office has had a chance to evaluate the contents of the material presented. Based on this evaluation, AIP has decided to exercise its right under Section C.1(a) of the Publishing Contract to decline publishing the proceedings and materials as an AIP publication. As an accommodation to the Symposium Organizers, AIP would be willing to facilitate the printing of the Volume book for the attendees of the Symposium, including the title page, table of contents, and index, which will be otherwise prepared in accordance with the technical specifications. Because we are declining the print or electronic publication of such materials as an AIP publication, we will not seek any copyright rights, nor will AIP include its name on the book materials. If the Symposium Organizers would like to have the Volume book printed, AIP can prepare and provide such print proceedings at a reduced price of $27 per copy. This reduction in price is being offered strictly as a courtesy. The Symposium Organizers are also free to find another printer or publisher for its materials. As an additional courtesy to assist the Symposium with finding a suitable publisher, AIP can provide you with a PDF file of the entire Volume so that you may use it at your discretion for online applications. No affiliation with AIP should be stated or implied in connection with any such publication. Please let me know if you would like any of the books printed, and if so, how many. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks and best regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear colleagues, Same as you I am disappointed that at final stage our AIP conference proceedings, although already published on the AIP web site (Table of content, title, abstract, ISBN and price), has been declined. As you noticed, from the email by the AIP that I forwarded to you, the director of the AIP publishing service is missing a detailed explanation for her unexpected decision. I leave it to you to require specific details on that issue from the AIP. Jed Rothwell suggested to publish this volume on his website and Scott Chubb suggested to publish it in his journal. I am sending both the whole volume that I submitted to the AIP on June 29. Jan Marwan
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
My paper was accepted there for publication. It is no wonder that I have mostly given up and am not actively working on new energy technology any more. This is a sad day indeed. Frank Znidarsic
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
so they won - by getting you to mostly give up and not actively work on new energy technology any more. how splendid! if only everyone else was as easy as that. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM, fznidar...@aol.com wrote: My paper was accepted there for publication. It is no wonder that I have mostly given up and am not actively working on new energy technology any more. This is a sad day indeed. Frank Znidarsic
[Vo]:FW: Nikitin du Russia-FW: Уведомление
Friends//Introduction: 'Albert' is Evgeny Nikitin du Russia and is the Emeritus Senior Professor of Physics of the French Academie du Science. As a young man Albert was an European Saber-fencing Champion. That's 'not' like olympic 'prissy' fencing. The heavy Prussian-Sabres fighers CUT THE LIVING CRAP out of eachother; definitely 'not' for the 'feignt'-of-heart~:-)! Also the 'Old Man' is a WW-II Russian Army Vet against the NAZIs; which is also INTENSE. . . The 'Old Man' is AWESOME. He let me know over a decade 1/2 ago that my 'theory-designs' that I had sent him hard-copy of, along with NASA John Hutchison/BC-Canada at the same time, had been 'built' and it WORKED FANTASTICALLY which is a little spooky. I kind've 'got' that they had already been working along that same track; but I made a couple of 'intuitive leaps' which proved to be key; and likely Albert was merely acknowledging my 'curious' parallel psi-remote perceptions. . .(Remember; at that moment nationally we were 'all' supposed to be PC-Amigos at that time!~:-) Albert/Evgeny Nikitin; Now 'there' is a MAN and very much the Maestro-Mentor! I'm proud to have known him. . . Jack Lev-Harbach O'Sullivan-Buboltzevic Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:29:46 +0400 From: avniki...@yandex.ru To: alset9te...@hotmail.com; rnb...@iqonline.net Subject: Уведомление Dear colleagues, I ask you to block on your computer receipt of messages from mine email avniki...@hotmail.com addresses as 25 - on September, 30th 2010 this my box has been grasped by the swindler-hacker (because of my thoughtless mistake in the answer to advertising from the Command of developers Microsoft). Now to me the input in this my own mail box is closed, and swindlers have started to black- mail some my correspondents from my name. If I was late with the given notice, I am very sorry and ask to excuse me for the unpleasant minutes delivered to you by the swindler through my fault. With sincere respect, Dr. Albert V. Nickitin (Russia) *** Уважаемые коллеги, Прошу вас заблокировать на вашем компьютере поступление сообщений с моего email адреса avniki...@hotmail.com, так как 25 - 30 сентября 2010 этот мой ящик был захвачен жуликом-хакером (из-за моей легкомысленной ошибки в ответе на рекламу от Команды разработчиков Microsoft). В настоящее время мне закрыт вход в этот мой собственный почтовый ящик, а жулики начали от моего имени шантажировать некоторых моих корреспондентов. Если я опоздал с данным уведом- лением, приношу свои глубочайшие извинения за неприятные минуты, доставленные вам жуликом по моей вине. С искренним уважением, Альберт Никитин (Россия)
[Vo]:Nikitin du Russia: Уведомление
Friends//Introduction: 'Albert' is Evgeny Nikitin du Russia and is the Emeritus Senior Professor of Physics of the French Academie du Science. As a young man Albert was an European Saber-fencing Champion. That's 'not' like olympic 'prissy' fencing. The heavy Prussian-Sabres fighers CUT THE LIVING CRAP out of eachother; definitely 'not' for the 'feignt'-of-heart~:-)! Also the 'Old Man' is a WW-II Russian Army Vet against the NAZIs; which is also INTENSE. . . The 'Old Man' is AWESOME. He let me know over a decade 1/2 ago that my 'theory-designs' that I had sent him hard-copy of, along with NASA John Hutchison/BC-Canada at the same time, had been 'built' and it WORKED FANTASTICALLY which is a little spooky. I kind've 'got' that they had already been working along that same track; but I made a couple of 'intuitive leaps' which proved to be key; and likely Albert was merely acknowledging my 'curious' parallel psi-remote perceptions. . .(Remember; at that moment nationally we were 'all' supposed to be PC-Amigos at that time!~:-) Albert/Evgeny Nikitin; Now 'there' is a MAN and very much the Maestro-Mentor! I'm proud to have known him. . . Jack Lev-Harbach O'Sullivan-Buboltzevic Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:29:46 +0400 From: avniki...@yandex.ru To: alset9te...@hotmail.com; rnb...@iqonline.net Subject: Уведомление Dear colleagues, I ask you to block on your computer receipt of messages from mine email avniki...@hotmail.com addresses as 25 - on September, 30th 2010 this my box has been grasped by the swindler-hacker (because of my thoughtless mistake in the answer to advertising from the Command of developers Microsoft). Now to me the input in this my own mail box is closed, and swindlers have started to black- mail some my correspondents from my name. If I was late with the given notice, I am very sorry and ask to excuse me for the unpleasant minutes delivered to you by the swindler through my fault. With sincere respect, Dr. Albert V. Nickitin (Russia) *** Уважаемые коллеги, Прошу вас заблокировать на вашем компьютере поступление сообщений с моего email адреса avniki...@hotmail.com, так как 25 - 30 сентября 2010 этот мой ящик был захвачен жуликом-хакером (из-за моей легкомысленной ошибки в ответе на рекламу от Команды разработчиков Microsoft). В настоящее время мне закрыт вход в этот мой собственный почтовый ящик, а жулики начали от моего имени шантажировать некоторых моих корреспондентов. Если я опоздал с данным уведом- лением, приношу свои глубочайшие извинения за неприятные минуты, доставленные вам жуликом по моей вине. С искренним уважением, Альберт Никитин (Россия)
RE: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
Oh no: This is 'not' 'giving-up.' This merely means that the 'game-is-afoot' in 'earnest as of this moment.' This is the point that 'everyone' retires to their respective 'neutral corners' and REGROUPS, reboots, and digs-in-for-the-HOME STRETCH. . . extremely 'serious-stuff,' this. . . In short: Ultimately this is 'good-news.'-JHO- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:48:30 +0300 Subject: Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings From: esaru...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com so they won - by getting you to mostly give up and not actively work on new energy technology any more. how splendid! if only everyone else was as easy as that. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM, fznidar...@aol.com wrote: My paper was accepted there for publication. It is no wonder that I have mostly given up and am not actively working on new energy technology any more. This is a sad day indeed. Frank Znidarsic
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
No its not. We have no resources, no credibility, and nowhere else to go. The fields and its people have been kicked and kicked again. I have only so much energy. Even Jed must be getting tired. Sooner or later the whole thing will die. I am still scheduled to speak at International Conference for Space Exploration. Tom Valone is the organizer. Lets see how long it takes for this to also get kicked out. Tom was already kicked out of the state dept once. Frank Znidarsic -Original Message- From: Jack Harbach-O'Sullivan alset9te...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 11:46 am Subject: RE: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings Oh no: This is 'not' 'giving-up.' This merely means that the 'game-is-afoot' in 'earnest as of this moment.' This is the point that 'everyone' retires to their respective 'neutral corners' and REGROUPS, reboots, and digs-in-for-the-HOME STRETCH. . . extremely 'serious-stuff,' this. . . In short: Ultimately this is 'good-news.'-JHO- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:48:30 +0300 Subject: Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings From: esaru...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com so they won - by getting you to mostly give up and not actively work on new energy technology any more. how splendid! if only everyone else was as easy as that. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM, fznidar...@aol.com wrote: My paper was accepted there for publication. It is no wonder that I have mostly given up and am not actively working on new energy technology any more. This is a sad day indeed. Frank Znidarsic =
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
Frank Znidarsic wrote: We have no resources, no credibility, and nowhere else to go. I agree. Even Jed must be getting tired. Sooner or later the whole thing will die. Indeed. I am getting tired, and I do fear that the field will die when the last researcher dies. People such as Patterson and Les Case died leaving no trace of their work and no chance that anyone will replicate them. Tom Valone is the organizer. Lets see how long it takes for this to also get kicked out. Tom was already kicked out of the state dept once. He was kicked out of a meeting room in the State Department when Park and Zimmerman pulled strings. He was fired from the Patent Office because he talks about cold fusion and various forms of o-u energy. He was reinstated after years of hearings and administrative procedures. If that was a victory, I would hate to see defeat. - Jed
[Vo]:Thought for the day from Francis Bacon
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down, (either from general admission and belief, or from the pleasure it affords,) forces every thing else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet either does not observe or despises them, or gets rid of and rejects them by some distinction, with violent and injurious prejudice, rather than sacrifice the authority of its first conclusions. - Francis Bacon, Novum Organum (New Instrument)
RE: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
I'll stick with my original 'take' on this: The 'kicking out of'/suppression' of groups/individuals that are getting 'too close' to this thing relative to potential /or already achieved-tech along these lines is a VERY SPECIFIC INDICATOR, seen accurately; which is a huge heads-up/stimulus. Like I said before: Regroup dig-in; ergo, GET CREATIVE. Cheers Friends~:-)-JHO- To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:26:44 -0400 From: fznidar...@aol.com No its not. We have no resources, no credibility, and nowhere else to go. The fields and its people have been kicked and kicked again. I have only so much energy. Even Jed must be getting tired. Sooner or later the whole thing will die. I am still scheduled to speak at International Conference for Space Exploration. Tom Valone is the organizer. Lets see how long it takes for this to also get kicked out. Tom was already kicked out of the state dept once. Frank Znidarsic -Original Message- From: Jack Harbach-O'Sullivan alset9te...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 11:46 am Subject: RE: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings Oh no: This is 'not' 'giving-up.' This merely means that the 'game-is-afoot' in 'earnest as of this moment.' This is the point that 'everyone' retires to their respective 'neutral corners' and REGROUPS, reboots, and digs-in-for-the-HOME STRETCH. . . extremely 'serious-stuff,' this. . . In short: Ultimately this is 'good-news.'-JHO- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:48:30 +0300 Subject: Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings From: esaru...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com so they won - by getting you to mostly give up and not actively work on new energy technology any more. how splendid! if only everyone else was as easy as that. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM, fznidar...@aol.com wrote: My paper was accepted there for publication. It is no wonder that I have mostly given up and am not actively working on new energy technology any more. This is a sad day indeed. Frank Znidarsic =
RE: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
He was kicked out of a meeting room in the State Department when Park and Zimmerman pulled strings. He was fired from the Patent Office because he talks about cold fusion and various forms of o-u energy. He was reinstated after years of hearings and administrative procedures. If that was a victory, I would hate to see defeat. Amigo's: I remember another cautionary-tale of an EX-'Patent Office employee' loser that the established big-boys wanted to stifle erase in the 'worst-way.' His name was Albert Einstein. And as for Patterson Les Case: 'You-all' remember them and have just let the entire world know about them. . . I see the reverse point. The whole world knows Nikola Tesla even though the Edison-cartel did their worst to erase Tesla. . . Tesla died broke--- quite alone. . . Who do we appreciate now? QUOTE: Quit yer whinnin. (My Mom~;-) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:48:44 -0400 Subject: Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings From: jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Frank Znidarsic wrote: We have no resources, no credibility, and nowhere else to go. I agree. Even Jed must be getting tired. Sooner or later the whole thing will die. Indeed. I am getting tired, and I do fear that the field will die when the last researcher dies. People such as Patterson and Les Case died leaving no trace of their work and no chance that anyone will replicate them. Tom Valone is the organizer. Lets see how long it takes for this to also get kicked out. Tom was already kicked out of the state dept once. He was kicked out of a meeting room in the State Department when Park and Zimmerman pulled strings. He was fired from the Patent Office because he talks about cold fusion and various forms of o-u energy. He was reinstated after years of hearings and administrative procedures. If that was a victory, I would hate to see defeat. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
I wonder if Steve Kirvit is looking into this. Harry From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 9:08:46 AM Subject: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings On October 5, the AIP sent the attached letter to Jan Marwan abruptly cancelling the New Energy Technology Symposium Proceedings. See the letter and a memo from Marwan, below. We will probably upload the papers from these proceedings to LENR-CANR.org. We will probably do this soon, since the AIP's decision appears to be irrevocable. This is disappointing. Marwin did a lot of work on these proceedings, and they would have enhanced the status of cold fusion. We do not know why the AIP cancelled. I can speculate that someone opposed to cold fusion is behind the decision, but I have no knowledge of that. - Jed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maya Flikop Director Special Publications and Proceedings American Institute of Physics Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle Melville , NY 11747 October 5, 2010 Dr. Jan Marwan Forschung Entwicklung Rudower Chaussee , 29 D-12489 Berlin, GERMANY Dear Dr. Marwan: Having received the technical presentation and PDF files related to the “New Energy Technology Symposium”, AIP’s Publisher’s Office has had a chance to evaluate the contents of the material presented. Based on this evaluation, AIP has decided to exercise its right under Section C.1(a) of the Publishing Contract to decline publishing the proceedings and materials as an AIP publication. As an accommodation to the Symposium Organizers, AIP would be willing to facilitate the printing of the Volume book for the attendees of the Symposium, including the title page, table of contents, and index, which will be otherwise prepared in accordance with the technical specifications. Because we are declining the print or electronic publication of such materials as an AIP publication, we will not seek any copyright rights, nor will AIP include its name on the book materials. If the Symposium Organizers would like to have the Volume book printed, AIP can prepare and provide such print proceedings at a reduced price of $27 per copy. This reduction in price is being offered strictly as a courtesy. The Symposium Organizers are also free to find another printer or publisher for its materials. As an additional courtesy to assist the Symposium with finding a suitable publisher, AIP can provide you with a PDF file of the entire Volume so that you may use it at your discretion for online applications. No affiliation with AIP should be stated or implied in connection with any such publication. Please let me know if you would like any of the books printed, and if so, how many. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks and best regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear colleagues, Same as you I am disappointed that at final stage our AIP conference proceedings, although already published on the AIP web site (Table of content, title, abstract, ISBN and price), has been declined. As you noticed, from the email by the AIP that I forwarded to you, the director of the AIP publishing service is missing a detailed explanation for her unexpected decision. I leave it to you to require specific details on that issue from the AIP. Jed Rothwell suggested to publish this volume on his website and Scott Chubb suggested to publish it in his journal. I am sending both the whole volume that I submitted to the AIP on June 29. Jan Marwan
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
Jack Harbach-O'Sullivan alset9te...@hotmail.com wrote: Amigo's: I remember another cautionary-tale of an EX-'Patent Office employee' loser that the established big-boys wanted to stifle erase in the 'worst-way.' His name was Albert Einstein. That is about the stupidest thing I have ever read here on Vortex. Einstein was a highly valued employee at the Patent Office, but in 1909 he was lured away by the best physicists in Europe to the university of his choice, where he set the terms and conditions. He was given a professorship with no teaching responsibilities (what he wanted). He was a star academic; one of the hottest, most sought-after scientists in academic history. No one ever tried to stifle him. In 1921 they gave him the Nobel Prize. Please, Jack, learn a little history. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Significant Implications - Kitamura
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:43:17 -0800: Hi, [snip] http://www.gravitation.org/Start/Foerderpreis/APPLICATION_FOR_GODE_PRIZE-J.DUFOUR.pdf Since some blithering idiot won't allow even the copying of a single passage, I'll comment from memory. He talks about Hydrogen isotopes embedded in heavier atoms, then goes on to suggest a new form of gravity to explain this. A more likely explanation is a Hydrinohydride ion displacing one of the inner electrons of the heavy atom (much as a negative muon would do). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
Re: [Vo]:Study of inhomogeneity in thickness of LR-115 detector with SEM and Form Talysurf, CWY Yip et al 2003 full text 4 p pdf: Lomax: Murray 2010.10.05
At 03:02 AM 10/5/2010, Rich Murray wrote: Hello Abd, I support your courageous initiative to develop a low-cost kit to demonstrate a neutron emission anomaly in a small LENR electrolysis cell. This is a possible revolutionary experiment. Well, it's really just a replication, though with some twists. We'll see if it works. I especially like that your design eliminates charged particle and EM radiation background -- it would be easier to count and measure a limited number of neutron proton recoil pits. That's the idea. It may not matter. When I've looked at LR-115, background counts are not high. But I'm interested in vector information; that's why having two layers is interested. More layers would be better, but that would require special materials, I think. They don't exist. But two is easy, just two films front-to-front, held down together. These events might produce flashes of light, from IR to UV, and of sound, which could be used to set off a webcam and mike for exact recording of signals, locations on the chip, and energy. Yeah. Maybe. I'll have a video microscope looking at it, and I can transfer the videos to a computer. I'll have a digital storage oscilloscope recording the sound, and that can be transferred as well, and post-processed. Don't know how I'll sync them, though. Cross one bridge at a time. I suppose, during a session, I could tap the cell, causing a little jerk in the microscope and a noise in the sound. I don't know yet how much data I'll be recording with the DSO, I think it's 2 Gsamples deep, as I recall. So if I'm looking at 100 Ksamples/sec, I could record quite a bit! What are the exact measurements of the acrylic cell, and of the volume of electrolyte? The interior of the cell is roughly 1 inch square by two inches high. Also, the dry mass of the cell should be measured, so that comparisons can be made after each run. Well, I pretty much doubt that any cell will be re-used. What is the exact composition and density of the acrilic plastic? Electric breakdown voltage, resistance, dilectric constant? What solvants affect it? It's acrylic! I'm using a standard cell, as recommended in the Galileo protocol. It's a little box sold by AMAC Plastic Products, 752C. In qty 100 they cost about a dollar each, or something like that. I don't know the numbers. Acrylic is not always exactly the same, but I'm not putting any high voltage on this! Rich, nobody is doing that high voltage thing any more, AFAIK. I don't think magnets are being used, either. The magnet was abandoned in the middle of the Galileo project. Acrylic can be glued with methylene chloride. I think that dissolves it How uniform is it on the micro and nanoscale? It's pretty smooth stuff, but I don't know and I don't really care much. Are there any residual stresses in it from the pressures used in manufacture? These might show up under polarized light. Possibly. But I'm terribly exercised about this. I'm using an acrylic box because that's what the Galileo protocol used and that's what's been used in a number of SPAWAR publications, most notably the one with the cool image that shows, from one CR-39 detector, the results for a platinum wire at the top, a silver wire in the middle, and a gold wire on the bottom. You can see front side tracks from all three wires, but on the back side, no tracks from the silver, some from the platinum, and massive tracks with the gold. Massive. Of course, this is a three-week accumulation or so, so massive could mean well under a track per minute. Neutrons are clearly not produced by the main reaction. This is from a rare branch or secondary reactions. Almost all the helium is produced without detectable radiation, it appears from Hagelstein's recent analysis. I don't know about front side alphas, if those tracks are alphas, they might be proton tracks as well. They might also be exaggerated by chemical damage. Don't know. And that won't apply to me, because my detectors will stay dry. Since humidity affects the LR-115, the cell could be placed in a plastic bag, sealed with a rubber band around the cell near the top of the cell, along with a dessicant. Well, maybe. That would kinda get in the way of the microscope. I don't really care if humidity affects it some, because we are looking at a pretty gross process, and there will be control detectors on each cell, in different positions. And there will be the light water cell controls as well. Detectors are cheap, if I keep them small. Thanks for the paper abstract, Rich. They didn't say the etch temperature. It makes a big difference. Probably 60 degrees C., that's the recommendation. I intend to do sequential etching. That is, I'll etch for a shorter period than two hours, let the detectors dry and image them at high resolution, then I'll etch them again, and may etch them a third time. I intend to etch all the
Re: [Vo]:AIP abruptly cancels proceedings
At 01:48 PM 10/7/2010, Jed Rothwell wrote: Indeed. I am getting tired, and I do fear that the field will die when the last researcher dies. People such as Patterson and Les Case died leaving no trace of their work and no chance that anyone will replicate them. Jed, don't give up. Seriously. There are so many other positive signs. Not the least of these is Ed Storms being appointed to the editorial board of Naturwissenschaften, and the publication of that review, Status of cold fusion, 2010. Seriously, the AIP publication would have looked good, but those were all just a notch up from conference papers. Maybe the AIP didn't like the standards, but, from the beginning this has been the physicists against the chemists. Bauer on Pathological Science. Have you read that paper? He talks about the pathological science concept, thoroughly debunks it, and with special reference to cold fusion. It was published under peer review, I believe, and is on-line. Come to think of it, shouldn't this be in the bibliographies? Britz put in other papers that were not as much on point as Bauer
