Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
for your description as a fusion process since that remains controversial would just call it an as yet undetermined process. [snip] , which allows the diffusion rate to drop enough to starve the fusion process of reactant and cool[/snip]. Fran -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms

Re: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
formed. Fractional hydrogen or hydrinos or relativistic hydrogen or super catalytic action are all names for this same effect. Fran -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:05 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re

Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
will be awaiting your theories. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Thanks Fran. It's nice to get an occasional agreement :-) However, how do you propose to make helium and tritium from D and H by a process other than fusion? Of course, the process is not like hot

Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
in which fusion takes place. His work made the obvious visible. The problem I'm trying to avoid is wild speculation having no relationship to what is reported or to real science. Ed Storms Dave -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: vortex-l vortex-l

Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Please people, stay in the real world. The description Alex gives has no relationship to what has been described in the paper or to what is possible. We have no way of knowing the melting point of that material claim to melt. We have no way

Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test -how to melt ceramic

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
burned. Enough extra heat generated to melt the ceramic. The chemical energy for this short event would be plenty, no need to have NAEs still operable in liquid state! Ol' Bab, who was as engineer... On 5/24/2013 2:38 PM, Edmund Storms wrote: Please people, stay in the real world

Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test -how to melt ceramic

2013-05-24 Thread Edmund Storms
in liquid state! Ol' Bab, who was as engineer... On 5/24/2013 2:38 PM, Edmund Storms wrote: Please people, stay in the real world. The description Alex gives has no relationship to what has been described in the paper or to what is possible. We have no way of knowing the melting point

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-23 Thread Edmund Storms
, but it will also enable the gradual dissipation of fusion energy you have postulated. Harry On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Harry, calculations are useless in this case because the mechanism is unknown to which the calculations can be applied. We

[Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-23 Thread Edmund Storms
A great deal of discussion has been generated by the Rossi test. I would liker to add my contribution. Rossi has demonstrated two very important behaviors of the effect. First, the effect can be initiated and sustained for a significant time at temperatures above 800° C. This means the NAE

Re: [Vo]:My evaluation of the Rossi test

2013-05-23 Thread Edmund Storms
: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Regardless of which theory a person wishes to apply, this description must be acknowledged because it is based on engineering principles, not on a theory of LENR. I agree, but perhaps this description only applies to Ni-H, not Pd- D. Could

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-22 Thread Edmund Storms
as well? It seems to me a good theory should be able to explain both transmutations and energy production even if the nuclei involved differ in each case. Harry . On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Yes, Harry this is one of the several reasons why

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Edmund Storms
Excellent analysis, Jones. You have nailed the essential reason why this is not a scam. Jed has done the same. Instead, Rossi is doing what other people do all the time in all aspects of science and commerce, but he is doing it under a microscope. Most similar efforts are just as filled

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-22 Thread Edmund Storms
, May 22, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: No Harry, the Coulomb barrier is the same in Hot and Cold fusion. The difference is that it is overcome very rapidly during hot fusion and very slowly during cold fusion. That is the only difference between the two

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-21 Thread Edmund Storms
. Peter On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: No matter what is said, Yugo and others will distort the comments to agree with their belief. If we accept Rossi, we are stupid and deceived. If we criticize Rossi, this is used to show that Rossi is wrong

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-21 Thread Edmund Storms
Good point, Bob. Simple arguments can show that the amount of energy claimed by Rossi can not result from the Ni+p=Cu reaction regardless of the isotope. Ironically, people will accept Rossi's claim that transmutation is the source of energy while questioning whether he makes any energy

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-21 Thread Edmund Storms
Jones, there is no ash because no one has looked for deuterium. Everyone who might find enough deuterium to detect is focused on transmutation. If they now find deuterium, their favorite explanation will go up in smoke and the patents that claim to need nickel will be useless. I'm trying

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-21 Thread Edmund Storms
Yes, Harry this is one of the several reasons why transmutation cannot be the source of energy. Four more remain. Ed Storms On May 21, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: In an environment populated with Ni nuclei and H nuclei, the spontaneous fusion of a H nucleus with another H nucleus

Fwd: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-21 Thread Edmund Storms
Vortex will not accept an attachment so you will have to find the paper elsewhere. J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 11 (2013) 1–15 Research Article Nature of Energetic Radiation Emitted from a Metal Exposed to H2 Edmund Storms∗ and Brian Scanlan Begin forwarded message: From: Edmund Storms

Re: [Vo]:Isotope separation technology can be improved

2013-05-21 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin, you are making an assumption here. You are assuming that no energy has been lost before the neutrino is emitted and the electron is absorbed. Suppose, as I have proposed, the energy is lost as a series of photons before the electron is added so that no energy remains to be carried

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-20 Thread Edmund Storms
Fran, I combined your two responses. As I understand, an attraction is measured between two materials, which is sensitive to the kind of material and the distance between them. That is the only observation on which this complex theory is based. Chemical attraction is known to occur, but

[Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-20 Thread Edmund Storms
Begin forwarded message: From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Date: May 20, 2013 9:11:57 AM MDT To: c...@googlegroups.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released: Before we get too excited. I think two questions need to be answered. 1

Re: [Vo]:3rd Party Report Released

2013-05-20 Thread Edmund Storms
Before we get too excited. I think two questions need to be answered. 1. When was the calibration done and under what conditions. The amount of heat being radiated depends on the value of the effective total emissivity of the surface. This value will change with time and temperature.

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-20 Thread Edmund Storms
and what's their nature, they are not cracks. And this is fine because cracking is essentialy unmanageable This Report is far from perfect but its conclusions are certain: lots of excess heat. On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Begin forwarded

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-19 Thread Edmund Storms
standardize and optimize what is happening in those palladium cracks. But when the answer is presented to you, you cannot appreciate it. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: On May 17, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Axil Axil wrote: LENR requires

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-19 Thread Edmund Storms
drag in a superfluid moving at any speed. -Mark Iverson -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 11:56 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl) Thanks Mark, this is making more sense

Re: [Vo]:Of NAEs and nothingness...

2013-05-19 Thread Edmund Storms
Mark, I agree that we do not know all we think we know and many rules can be violated when conditions change. Nevertheless, we do have a collection of observations that show how Nature behaves. Some of these behaviors have been described in ways we call laws because the descriptions always

Re: [Vo]:Of NAEs and nothingness...

2013-05-19 Thread Edmund Storms
which *potentially* place it outside the realm/range established from historical empirical results. As has been mentioned numerous times by LENR researchers, the rules of plasma physics may not apply in the condensed matter world that is LENR. -Mark From: Edmund Storms [mailto:stor

Re: [Vo]:Of NAEs and nothingness...

2013-05-19 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 19, 2013, at 11:55 AM, MarkI-ZeroPoint wrote: To which Ed answered, mainly expressing what his view is inside this void: “The answer depends on which theory you accept. In my case, the void consists initially of a strong negative charge created by the electrons in the wall that

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-17 Thread Edmund Storms
value as single atom plates.. I would guess several layers would reinforce the quantum effect of the surface layers forming the cavity. Fran -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:22 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-17 Thread Edmund Storms
models of the entropy of stimulated emission, or is that a meaningless concept? On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: You say this with certainty. Consequently, I assume you do not believe the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This law says that all energy

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-17 Thread Edmund Storms
: Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:42 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl) Thanks for the description Fran. Let's focus on one subject at a time, in this case the Casimir effect. While you use and value

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-17 Thread Edmund Storms
. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Lou, most experiments apply no extra energy other than temperature or electric current. We know that the level of temperature and current used do not and cannot initiate a nuclear reaction. Something else

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-17 Thread Edmund Storms
is actually made to work. Because CF works without these conditions, I conclude these conditions are not necessary to make it work. Ed Storms On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Axil, if this process actually can initiate a nuclear reaction, why

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-16 Thread Edmund Storms
to what the National ignition facility can do. On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ed, On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: 1. Can energy be concentrated within a material by a spontaneous process? 2. Can

Re: [Vo]:If I want to see it for myself...

2013-05-16 Thread Edmund Storms
Jed, two different applications of the word random are being applied without a clear differentiation. The effect in a particular sample involves a random creation of the required conditions. These conditions are not controlled, consequently they are present in some samples and not present

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-16 Thread Edmund Storms
I studied Raney Ni and found no evidence for extra heat. The material is actually an Ni-Al alloy that contains a small fraction of Al. It is very reactive to oxygen, unreactive to water and unreactive to H2. It is dangerous to use without care. Ed Storms On May 16, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Andy

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-16 Thread Edmund Storms
the production of Raney Nickel, or how it behaves in a Rossi type setup? Andy. On 16/05/13 19:11, Edmund Storms wrote: I studied Raney Ni and found no evidence for extra heat. The material is actually an Ni-Al alloy that contains a small fraction of Al. It is very reactive to oxygen

Re: [Vo]:Nickel Aluminum (NiAl)

2013-05-16 Thread Edmund Storms
Fran and Andy, I have always wanted to ask someone who believes in the Casimir effect why they think the vacuum energy would be blocked by a thin wall of material. The vacuum energy is proposed to have a very large frequency, which normally would be expected to pass right through matter.

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-15 Thread Edmund Storms
Would you not expect this process to produce observable behavior if it could occur spontaneously in a material? The local energy would be expected to cause various effects such as local chemical reactions, X- radiation, and local heating would it not? Such effects are not observed even

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-15 Thread Edmund Storms
a broad range of effects. These other effects besides LENR must be observed before the proposed process can be believed. The expected effects of concentrated local energy are not observed. Ed Storms On May 15, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Edmund

Re: [Vo]:If I want to see it for myself...

2013-05-15 Thread Edmund Storms
Cracks are only active when they first form and have a critical gap width. As they grow wider, they cease to become active and release D2 from the material, which reduces the activity of those gaps that remain active. The paper your cite was written before the critical gap size was

Re: [Vo]:'Slow' arcing electrons can gain relativistic mass

2013-05-15 Thread Edmund Storms
. That is close to what the National ignition facility can do. On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ed, On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: 1. Can energy be concentrated within a material by a spontaneous

Re: [Vo]:If I want to see it for myself...

2013-05-14 Thread Edmund Storms
test On May 14, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: I meant to say it is NOT as if Storms runs 100 cells in cold fusion electrochemistry. That would be blind trial and error. That might produce a ~4% success rate. To improve the success rate, tou have to test the cathode material,

Re: [Vo]:If I want to see it for myself...

2013-05-14 Thread Edmund Storms
Wanting to see the effect for one's self is apparently required for the claim to be believed. Unfortunately, this is like asking to make a flash drive yourself so that you can see it work. This can be done, but it takes skill and special tools. You can make the F-P effect work if you take

Re: [Vo]:If I want to see it for myself...

2013-05-14 Thread Edmund Storms
Joe, let me clarify what Jones proposes. The glow discharge used by Mizuno and others is actually a plasma discharge in an electrolytic cell. This has produced detectable heat, but is has a limited lifetime and requires complex analysis of the input power. What is normally called glow

Re: [Vo]:MODERATOR: J. Cude, extensive Rule 2 violations

2013-05-12 Thread Edmund Storms
I think we need to consider two types of skeptics. If a person does not even believe the validity of the subject being discussed, what can that skeptic contribute. If CF is not real, what is the point of discussing why or how it works? The second kind of skeptics works by considering the

Re: [Vo]:MODERATOR: J. Cude, extensive Rule 2 violations

2013-05-12 Thread Edmund Storms
Vorl, it is impossible to decide if CF is real based on the kind of reasoning you give below or by listening to a discussion between Cude and anyone else. The level of the discussion is so superficial to be useless. I wrote an entire book in order to place the evidence in one place and to

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-11 Thread Edmund Storms
are like smoke accompanying a fire. Depending on the conditions there can be lots of smoke with little fire (heat), or lots of fire (heat) with little smoke. This analogy is consistent with observations. harry On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Harry

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-11 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 11, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Jones Beene wrote: From: Edmund Storms Takahashi proposes to form Be8 that fragments after emitting the extra energy as gamma. However, this idea has no experimental support. The other theories do not propose energetic helium is produced. If you want

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-11 Thread Edmund Storms
. Ed Storms On May 11, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Jones Beene wrote: From: Edmund Storms I find that all theories are based on a series of assumptions, but some of these assumptions violate basic laws, yet the theory is accepted because the other assumptions are accepted. This is like

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-11 Thread Edmund Storms
need to discuss their source. Do they come from the nucleus or from the electron structure? Ed Storms On May 11, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Jones Beene wrote: From: Edmund Storms It would help if you used the definition of gamma ray correctly. Ed, I’m afraid that it us you who is not up to date

Re: [Vo]:got something

2013-05-10 Thread Edmund Storms
Frank, tungsten has a very high melting point that is lowered by addition of any element to its structure. Tungsten forms a nitride that melts at a much lower temperature than the metal. Why not consider that you simply changed the melting point of the wire, which cause a break in the

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-09 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 9, 2013, at 8:12 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: It is well-known that people engaged in wishful thinking often see patterns where there are none. This is why a gambler believes in a lucky talisman. It is less often noted that people in extreme denial sometimes look at a clear pattern and

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-09 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 9, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.com wrote: It is experuimental anomalies, proven far below 50sigma, with many kind of anomalies proven, correlation with real-world factors and not with possible artifact source... The role of correlation

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-09 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 9, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: * Heat appears with D but not H. This is not true. Heat has been measured when H is used. Only a few people have detected heat with Pd-H. Fleischmann found marginal heat, and you reported some

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-09 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin, here are some review papers that cite many examples. I also treat the subject in my book, where I give many cations. Transmutation is an exothermic reaction that makes heat when it occurs. The amount of heat is related to the rate. The measured rates are all too small to make

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-08 Thread Edmund Storms
, at 12:43 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 12:24:43PM -0600, Edmund Storms wrote: As for concentrating on problems of reproducibility and upscalability, I have tried to address these issues but with little support. Ed, since you claim you have running experiments with anomalous

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-08 Thread Edmund Storms
Of course it is erratic. The only question is: Is it erratic because of random error or because the required conditions are not created every time. We now know that certain critical conditions are required, which are not created except by guided luck. So what? This problem is typical of

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-07 Thread Edmund Storms
. Ed Storms On May 7, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Joshua Cude wrote: On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Nevertheless, when many people report seeing the same behavior, the reality of this behavior grows. You take the approach that none of the claimed

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-07 Thread Edmund Storms
of it being real is miniscule. I also think it is absurd to believe we have an adequate understanding of physics today to rule it out. Ransom But you waste your time on Cude, he is a rock head. - Original Message - From: Edmund Storms To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Sent: Tuesday

Re: [tt] [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-07 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 7, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 10:25:11AM -0500, Joshua Cude wrote: On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Regardless of what is suggested as evidence, you will find a way to reject it. This is often stated

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-07 Thread Edmund Storms
and how it works. Unfortunately, this takes money - money that the likes of Cude prevent from being applied. If a definition of crime against humanity is needed, this behavior would qualify. Ed Storms On May 7, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Kevin O'Malley wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-07 Thread Edmund Storms
, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com via eskimo.com 7:48 AM (2 hours ago) to vortex-l Joshua, ...You argue that it is not real, but simply the result of many mistakes made repeatedly by many well trained scientists. ***In order to avoid a straw

Re: [Vo]:about the Scientific Method

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
, we can all be proud that the scientific method works, but its failures cause the damage that needs to be addressed. Ed On May 6, 2013, at 2:44 AM, Jouni Valkonen wrote: On May 2, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: I

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 6, 2013, at 7:28 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 07:26:42PM -0400, Jed Rothwell wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Consequently, I for one will not continue the discussion. Me neither! I promise to shut up. Have any of you personally been able

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
. The status of cold fusion. in 28th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference. 1993. Atlanta, GA,. p. 14. Storms, E.K. Statement of Dr. Edmund Storms before Congress. in Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U. S. House

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
...@gmail.com wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Consequently, I for one will not continue the discussion. Me neither! I promise to shut up. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
Eric, ALL nuclear reactions generate heat. Alpha emission is a nuclear reaction. Therefore, heat was generated. However, the rate of the reaction was too small to make detectable heat from this reaction. The only unknown is whether heat from a different reaction can occur. We know that

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Eric, ALL nuclear reactions generate heat. Alpha emission is a nuclear reaction. Therefore, heat was generated. However, the rate of the reaction was too small to make detectable heat from this reaction. The only unknown is whether

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
in a manner that conflicts with common sense. The rules of process behavior in material are now relative to the material itself and not absolute. You cannot assume an absolute rule for material behavior in this modern age. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Edmund Storms stor

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
of a potassium salt in a LERN experiment. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: I agree. In fact, I believe once gaps of a critical width can be made on purpose in any material, CF will become totally reproducible. Nevertheless, these gaps have to be made

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
also lend some support to Rossi’s seeming oversized particle choice and tubule shapes. Fran From: Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 6:31 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love OK Axil

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 6, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Eric, ALL nuclear reactions generate heat. Alpha emission is a nuclear reaction. Therefore, heat was generated. Ha. Yes, I stand corrected. I think I had excess

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-06 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 6, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Eric Walker wrote: I wrote: Eric, you need to consider some basic requirements. If an energetic particle is produced, such as an alpha, a second particle must be present to carry away the momentum. Yes -- we are in agreement here. There are various ways to

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-05 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 5, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Eric Walker wrote: On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Whereas Hagelstein’s model, when all is said and done, is an invention created to match an experimental outcome (which it does) but with no precedent in physical reality.

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-05 Thread Edmund Storms
like the simplicity of such an approach. However, simplicity does not seem to be the accepted approach is these discussions. Ed Storms On May 5, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: The very small number

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-05 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 5, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Eric, I assume that a single mechanism causes CF. I am probably missing something important, but I don't see how the statement below follows from the one above

Re: [Vo]:RE: From Russia, with love

2013-05-05 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 5, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Eric Walker wrote: Thank you. I now have a better understanding the logic that has led you to the slow-helium formation assumption. On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: The CR-39 measurements were not made when

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-04 Thread Edmund Storms
Joshua, I find your arguments not only logically inconsistent but not even accurate. First of all, you and many other people made such a fuss about CF being impossible, that the money required to advance understanding was denied. OK, we all know that some money was provided. This amount

Re: [Vo]:pictures of 1mw E-cat plant shipping

2013-05-04 Thread Edmund Storms
The role of the substrate depends on the mechanism. While all of the proposed mechanism are applied to Pd, this does not mean Pd is the only material that supports the NAE. People have used Ti, Ni, various alloys, and various oxides with success. Once the NAE can be made on purpose and in

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-04 Thread Edmund Storms
I address this issue in my book, which Joshua obviously has not read. But you are right, Jed. This issue has been laid to rest so completely, one has to wonder why it has been brought up now. This is like someone now arguing for the flat earth concept. Ed On May 4, 2013, at 11:12 AM, Jed

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-04 Thread Edmund Storms
While I agree with Cude about the need for ideas to be challenged and claims to be questioned, his style is not helpful in clarifying the issues about CF. Consequently, I for one will not continue the discussion. I suggest other people consider what happened last time Vortex was subjected

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Eric, before you make a conclusion you really need to understand what I'm proposing, rather than using your own imagination. First of all

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 2, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Eric, before you make a conclusion you really need to understand what I'm proposing, rather than using your own imagination. First of all, the Hydroton is a neutral

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 3, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote: On 5/3/2013 8:31 AM, Edmund Storms wrote: Eric, tunneling in my mind is not real. It is a conceptual ploy to fix a flawed understanding of how a process actually works. Consequently, I do not use this concept. Tunneling is very real

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
8:56 AM, Edmund Storms wrote: We were discussing nuclear reactions. Tunneling is applied when a reaction that should not be possible based on a theory is found to actually occur at an unexpected rate. I kind of understand. The confusing thing is that tunneling is *already* used to compute

Re: [Vo]:Strange TED talk supposedly about cold fusion

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
This is obviously a spoof. Someone is just having fun and looking to get a serious reply. Ed On May 3, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:13 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: That's not a TED talk. It's a TED conversation. Oh. Google Alerts casts

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
be retained. Quantum mechanics is a self-consistent theory, and tunneling is an intrinsic part of it. Perhaps it's no wonder that someone with such a misguided understanding of elementary physics is also a true believer in cold fusion. On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Edmund Storms stor

Re: [Vo]:Hagelstein's editorial

2013-05-03 Thread Edmund Storms
Yes Joshua, I know you do not believe CF is real. You have been consistent in this attitude for years as the evidence kept accumulating. So, we now have a contest. Either you and other skeptics are correct or I and other believers in CF are correct. You leave no middle ground. Nature will

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-02 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 1, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Eric Walker wrote: Hi Ed, In fact, I suggested an explanation that met all of these requirements, but this was either rejected or ignored. Consequently, I have very little hope for any theory being accepted any time soon. I have read your recent JCMNS

Re: [Vo]:about the Scientific Method

2013-05-02 Thread Edmund Storms
I think what people are saying: The concept of science works but the application frequently sucks! The Scientific method is a guide, like the Ten Commandments, but is likewise frequently ignored. Nevertheless, the idea works and provides an incentive for people who need a guide. Ed

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-02 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 2, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: I now propose it is a chain formed from 2p bonds that allow a series of hydrons to form a chain of atoms. This kind of bond is normally not stable. I propose

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-05-01 Thread Edmund Storms
more study than most people care to apply. Ed Storms Dave -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Wed, May 1, 2013 12:07 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
I find these discussions about LENR to be an amazing example of how people can have beliefs that are in direct conflict with each other and even with reality itself. Let me give two examples. First, most people believe Rossi is a fraud and cannot be believed, but they will nevertheless

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
will suggest some if anyone is interested. Ed Storms On Apr 30, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Jones Beene wrote: -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms First, most people believe Rossi is a fraud and cannot be believed, but they will nevertheless believe him when he claims his heat results

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
OK, here is another example of wishful thinking based on no data what- so-ever. The idea that lithium can be involved in LENR is based on the W-L theory, which has no support at all, neither from basic science nor from the observed behavior of LENR. Yet, it is used as an explanation of the

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
On Apr 30, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: First, most people believe Rossi is a fraud and cannot be believed, but they will nevertheless believe him when he claims his heat results from transmutation of Ni. I believe those are different

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
about Rossi's claims. Ed Storms On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: I find these discussions about LENR to be an amazing example of how people can have beliefs that are in direct conflict with each other and even with reality itself. Let me give

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 2:01 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: First, most people believe Rossi is a fraud and cannot be believed, but they will nevertheless believe him when he

Re: [Vo]:Barron's (April 27, 2013) investigates Li-battery fires

2013-04-30 Thread Edmund Storms
On Apr 30, 2013, at 5:06 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:56:55 -0600: Hi, [snip] Jed, while this might be different groups, I get the impression that many people trying to make sense from his claims do not think highly of Rossi as a

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