[Vo]:A large volume may be important in the Rossi experiment
Dennis Cravens and I think that one of the reasons the Rossi experiment works well is because he uses a large volume of material. We think the effect might increase exponentially with with increased surface area. This may be one of the secrets, which is sitting in plain view. In his blog, Rossi remarked that he is making a large system by ganging together 100 smaller 1 L cells because he might have trouble controlling a larger, 100 L cell. That tells me volume is an important controlling parameter. I recommend that people attempting to replicate this experiment should use a larger volume of material than most cold fusion experiments. Perhaps I feel this way because I've always wanted to see researchers scale up a little, even though there is no technical justification for it. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:A large volume may be important in the Rossi experiment
We think this mainly because 1 L of powder self-heats and there are large heat gradients and flux. You might be able to accomplish the same thing with a smaller sample and the clever use of resistance heaters. I assume the array of heaters connected to Rossi's control box is producing some sort of gradient or waves of heat, which stimulates the reaction. I expect it is easier to do that with a substantial volume of material. Certainly a lot easier than with, for example, the tiny samples used in the Seebeck calorimeter at the NRL. I can't imagine anyone producing a gradient with that. - Jed
RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:A large volume may be important in the Rossi experiment
I like this larger volume enhancement idea from a ZPE/suppression perspective. If you are dealing with small volumes / thin dimensions then the suppressed/condensed gas has a smaller migration zone before it escapes the suppression of the lattice. I am convinced that the suppression in the lattice can partially maintain the more condensed forms of gas formed in the cavities or defects found in the more active skeletal type catalysts. The larger the suppression fields the longer these condensed forms of gas can be translating back and forth between different supression and bond states before escaping. Fran From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 2:49 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:A large volume may be important in the Rossi experiment We think this mainly because 1 L of powder self-heats and there are large heat gradients and flux. You might be able to accomplish the same thing with a smaller sample and the clever use of resistance heaters. I assume the array of heaters connected to Rossi's control box is producing some sort of gradient or waves of heat, which stimulates the reaction. I expect it is easier to do that with a substantial volume of material. Certainly a lot easier than with, for example, the tiny samples used in the Seebeck calorimeter at the NRL. I can't imagine anyone producing a gradient with that. - Jed
