Re: [Vo]:the future of PdD LENR is not technological

2013-08-17 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: It is not sufficient to get measurable heat in one of these devices and not > see x-rays; it would be necessary to get high power densities. It is this > latter observable that I have yet to see correlated with low radiation > levels. > I did not say that as clearly as I meant to -- it

Re: [Vo]:the future of PdD LENR is not technological

2013-08-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Yes! They sure do assume that. So far, there has been practically no > evidence that cold fusion produces dangerous radiation. > I'm less concerned about radioactive byproducts (e.g., tritium -- although this is an excellent point I forgot abo

Re: [Vo]:the future of PdD LENR is not technological

2013-08-17 Thread Edmund Storms
On Aug 17, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Axil Axil wrote: If there is no neutrons, there will be no tritium. Pure protium will poduce no tritium. Yes, this is obviously true, Axil. The question is, How is the neutron formed? It can not be formed outside of the nucleus as a free neutron because this

Re: [Vo]:the future of PdD LENR is not technological

2013-08-17 Thread Axil Axil
If there is no neutrons, there will be no tritium. Pure *protium* will poduce no tritium. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Eric Walker wrote: > > >> A laptop nowadays draws 50 to 100 W. I assume future ones will draw ~25 >>> W. Imagine a small but intense 50 W heat sour

Re: [Vo]:the future of PdD LENR is not technological

2013-08-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Eric Walker wrote: > A laptop nowadays draws 50 to 100 W. I assume future ones will draw ~25 W. >> Imagine a small but intense 50 W heat source powering a >> > > thermoelectric chip, with a large radiator behind that to spread out the >> heat. That would be doable I think. >> > > While I'm symp