[Vo]:Wet vs Dry Steam in Rossi Experiment

2011-01-21 Thread Horace Heffner
Please excuse if this duplicates prior conversations. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(properties) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_heat_capacity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2o http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/DmitriyGekhman.shtml The following approximate values for

Re: [Vo]:Krivit relents

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 01:37 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 01/20/2011 01:29 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: Would weighing the entire apparatus before and after reveal a concealed chemical reaction? I don't think so. The sort of reaction proposed here replaces the reactants

RE: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:Relativity and the lead acid battery

2011-01-21 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Horace, Welcome back and nice citation! It does make me reconsider my past verbalization of equivalent acceleration vs spatial velocity inside a bulk material. I take it the velocity of this fast electron would appear unchanged to a local observer but are they referring to the almost

RE: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:Relativity and the lead acid battery

2011-01-21 Thread Roarty, Francis X
OOPS - part of the answer already in your citation the scientists found that the battery's relativistic effects arise mainly from the lead dioxide in the positive electrode so the question should have been is the fast electron part of lead dioxide bond or almost free electrons in the lattice?

[Vo]:Reality check: hidden chemical fuel impossible in 1-hour test

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
I have done a ballpark analysis of the hidden chemical fuel scenario for Rossi's one-hour test. I have looked at the water heater specifications in my house and also a tabletop butane cook stove. I conclude that chemical fuel cannot be the source of this heat, for a number of reasons. To

Re: [Vo]:Reality check: hidden chemical fuel impossible in 1-hour test

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 11:13 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: I have done a ballpark analysis of the hidden chemical fuel scenario for Rossi's one-hour test. I have looked at the water heater specifications in my house and also a tabletop butane cook stove. I conclude that chemical fuel cannot be the source

[Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Jones Beene
To all concerned, or to anyone harboring lingering doubts about the Bologna demo . There is a surprising simple and extremely convincing way to *remove all doubt* that this device is real. It is so simple that the simple fact that it has not been published yet, is suspicious in itself. (there

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones, since you brought this up, I'd like to ask a question about the copper. According to the handy dandy periodic table on my desktop (Kalzium), copper has two stable isotopes, with 34 and 36 neutrons, respectively. Next best is 38 neutrons, with a half life of about 62 hours, and it's

[Vo]:Tunnel Vision at the Top

2011-01-21 Thread Jones Beene
Many of you have seen Director Chu's HuffPo column. It was no surprised that Chu overlooks the Bologna demo. After all, he came out publicly against Mills years ago, so his prejudices (and dare we say 'close-mindedness) was already apparent at the start of his reign. However, he is smart enough

RE: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Jones Beene
From: Stephen A. Lawrence * So, what's the story here? How can the neutron balance work out? How can he have ended up with 30% of the nickel transmuted into (reasonably stable) copper? The short answer is that this percentage must be way off, or there has been a mis-translation. it is

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
That device working for 6 months has produced approx. 50,000 kWhours heat. Can this be explained by the reaction of transmutation of Ni to Cu? Considering first 300 grams of nichel...? Rossi can tell how much Ni is uesd - if he will. Am important rough energy balance anyway. Peter On Fri, Jan 21,

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Here's a handy-dandy Table of Nuclides http://atom.kaeri.re.kr/ Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

RE: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Jones Beene
Peter, The amount of copper found is of low comparative importance. The *isotope shift* from the natural ratio after 6 months is extremely important. This can only be determined by specialized equipment. It is so important to establishing proof of a nuclear reaction, or to changing

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
After some digging I think I got close to the source of the 30% copper assertion. The following items are from Rossi's blog. First: Question from William: William January 20th, 2011 at 9:01 AM http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=360cpage=5#comment-19862 ... /elided his first

Re: [Vo]:Reality check: hidden chemical fuel impossible in 1-hour test

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Jed, you apparently didn't read the message I sent on this in response to one of your earlier posts. Thermite provides sufficient energy density, consumes no air, and produces only solid ash. I did miss that. Thermite burns very rapidly and produces extremely

Re: [Vo]:Reality check: hidden chemical fuel impossible in 1-hour test

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 01:12 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Jed, you apparently didn't read the message I sent on this in response to one of your earlier posts. Thermite provides sufficient energy density, consumes no air, and produces only solid ash. I did miss that.

Re: [Vo]:Tunnel Vision at the Top

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Many of you have seen Director Chu's HuffPo column. That is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-chu/discover-and-deliver-the-_b_811723.html A Huffpost Super User commented on Rossi demo. I doubt Chu will read the comments. I doubt he wrote the column! - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread noone noone
It is in the same forum. http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=62 From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 1:03:24 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt After some digging I think I got close to the

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: If he claims the entire sample has been lost, he will lose all credibility in my book. ALL. No one loses such a sample. He is essentially dead in the water, in the eyes of 99% of Physics, if this sample is unaccounted for now. I believe the samples have been sent out for

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 01:43 PM, noone noone wrote: It is in the same forum. http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=62 Thank you!

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
It is nuclear, completely nuclear, and only nuclear? Or nuclear- is only a secondary phenomenon?. A Heat balance is a must. The same in classical cold fusion, it is good to believe the helium story but not easy to prove Peter On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread noone noone
Do you have Skype, MSN, Yahoo, etc? Would you like to chat? From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 1:51:36 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt On 01/21/2011 01:43 PM, noone noone wrote: It is in

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: 4) I read a comment on another forum claiming that in one of your cells after six months of operation the remaining nickel powder was 30% copper. Can you confirm this? Andrea Rossi January 20th, 2011 at 10:14 AM

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
I discuss with pleasure but chat is incompatible with my multitasking life style. In meantime I am writing my blog (Search No 2/439) But I answer any e-mail asa soon as I can. I have a bad experience with chat. Excuse me. Peter On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:59 PM, noone noone

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Harry Veeder
I took the No to mean Currently, there is no independent confirmation. Harry From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 2:15:45 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: 4) I read a

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Regardless of the exact amount transmuted, there is an explanation of all this given on Rossi's website. (/When all else fails, read the documentation!/) http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=62 He says that Ni^x + p - Cu^(x+1) does, indeed, typically produce an unstable result, but it

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 01:59 PM, noone noone wrote: Do you have Skype, MSN, Yahoo, etc? Would you like to chat? Got Skype downloaded but never installed it. I'm already spending too much time on this. Thank you very much for the offer.

[Vo]:Wet vs Dry Steam in Rossi Experiment

2011-01-21 Thread Horace Heffner
Of course the simple thing to do would be to use Earthtech's calorimeter: http://www.earthtech.org/capabilities/vwfc/ Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
Read the documentation if you believe it.. It is kind of forced explanation. OK, what is the energy realeased by this reaction? On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.comwrote: Regardless of the exact amount transmuted, there is an explanation of all this given on

Re: [Vo]:Wet vs Dry Steam in Rossi Experiment

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 02:39 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: Of course the simple thing to do would be to use Earthtech's calorimeter: http://www.earthtech.org/capabilities/vwfc/ Nuh, uh. No experiment ever works when it's inside that thing. I think it's cursed. Best regards, Horace Heffner

[Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
WARNING TO ALL OUR READERS: THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA WILL BE DELIVERED MONDAY , JAN 24, ANYTIME. YOU WILL FIND IT ON THE JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND WE ALREADY GIVE TO EVERYBODY TO REPRODUCE IT EVERYWHERE, FOR ANY PURPOSE, FREE. WARM REGARDS, THE BOARD OF ADVISERS OF THE

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 03:55 PM, Roarty, Francis X wrote: Hi Stephan You state If a tiny fraction of the nickel is transmuted each second, and if nearly all the transmutation events produce unstable copper which eventually decays back to (higher weight) nickel, and if it takes multiple steps to

Re: [Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: WARNING TO ALL OUR READERS: THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA WILL BE DELIVERED MONDAY , JAN 24, ANYTIME. YOU WILL FIND IT ON THE JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND WE ALREADY GIVE TO EVERYBODY TO REPRODUCE IT EVERYWHERE, FOR ANY PURPOSE, FREE. WARM REGARDS, THE BOARD OF

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Man on Bridges
What about this reaction: Ni (mass 60, 32 neutrons, pres. 26,223%) + Tritium (mass 3, 2 neutrons, pres. synt) -- Cu (mass 63, 34 neutrons, pres. 69,17%) + gamma radiation. On 21-1-2011 22:10, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 01/21/2011 03:55 PM, Roarty, Francis X wrote: Hi Stephan You

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 04:45 PM, Man on Bridges wrote: What about this reaction: Ni (mass 60, 32 neutrons, pres. 26,223%) + Tritium (mass 3, 2 neutrons, pres. synt) -- Cu (mass 63, 34 neutrons, pres. 69,17%) + gamma radiation. Where's the tritium come from? And why the fake name Man on Bridges?

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Man on Bridges
Tritium is Hydrogen ;-) No fake name it's an anagram of my name. On 21-1-2011 22:48, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 01/21/2011 04:45 PM, Man on Bridges wrote: What about this reaction: Ni (mass 60, 32 neutrons, pres. 26,223%) + Tritium (mass 3, 2 neutrons, pres. synt) -- Cu (mass 63, 34

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:35:44 -0500: Hi, [snip] If a tiny fraction of the nickel is transmuted each second, and if nearly all the transmutation events produce unstable copper which eventually decays back to (higher weight) nickel, and if it takes multiple

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 04:50 PM, Man on Bridges wrote: Tritium is Hydrogen ;-) Tritium is a vanishingly rare isotope of hydrogen. There is essentially none in the gas injected into the reactor. So, where do you think sufficient quantities of tritium come from to play an interesting role here? No

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 04:53 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:35:44 -0500: Hi, [snip] If a tiny fraction of the nickel is transmuted each second, and if nearly all the transmutation events produce unstable copper which eventually

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:35:44 -0500: Hi, [snip] In particular, there should probably be a really large fraction of Ni^59 present (31 neutrons), with a 75 ky half-life, and I'd think that would make the sample pretty hot. Or so it seems; I haven't done the

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Man on Bridges
Hello Stephen, I know it's rare, that's why it says pres. synt; while the scientists claim they need to refuel every six months. Kind regards from the Netherlands, Rob Dingemans (a.k.a. man on bridges ;-) On 21-1-2011 22:55, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 01/21/2011 04:50 PM, Man on

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Peter Gluck's message of Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:31:09 +0200: Hi, [snip] That device working for 6 months has produced approx. 50,000 kWhours heat. Can this be explained by the reaction of transmutation of Ni to Cu? Considering first 300 grams of nichel...? Rossi can tell how much Ni is

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:48:47 -0800: Hi, [snip] The *isotope shift* from the natural ratio after 6 months is extremely important. This can only be determined by specialized equipment. It is so important to establishing proof of a nuclear reaction, or to

Re: [Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: If he still is the only one who knows the secret ingredient at that point, then I would definitely start fearing for Rossi's personal safety. There are some very big players out there who would probably not be too happy about being kept in the dark over how to make

Re: [Vo]:Tunnel Vision at the Top

2011-01-21 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: In my dreams I see a Damascus road type of instant ‘conversion’ of Biblical proportions (Paul) for Director Chu. Many believe Saul/Paul was struck by ligntning. THAT would convert me, too. T

Re: [Vo]:Wet vs Dry Steam in Rossi Experiment

2011-01-21 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: No experiment ever works when it's inside that thing. I think it's cursed. LOL! Me, too. Ackshully, it's too small. T

Re: [Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread Terry Blanton
Rossi should escrow the ingredients with a stipulation that it is released to his trustee upon his death. T

Re: [Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/21/2011 05:57 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: If he still is the only one who knows the secret ingredient at that point, then I would definitely start fearing for Rossi's personal safety. There are some very big players out there who would probably not be too

Re: [Vo]:Wet vs Dry Steam in Rossi Experiment

2011-01-21 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 01/21/2011 02:39 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: Of course the simple thing to do would be to use Earthtech's calorimeter: http://www.earthtech.org/capabilities/vwfc/ Nuh, uh. No experiment ever works when it's inside that thing.

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 21, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Peter Gluck wrote: That device working for 6 months has produced approx. 50,000 kWhours heat. Can this be explained by the reaction of transmutation of Ni to Cu? Considering first 300 grams of nichel...? Rossi can tell how much Ni is uesd - if he will. Am

[Vo]:Discovery News Article

2011-01-21 Thread Harry Veeder
Article uses Robert Park as an authority on the subject. http://news.discovery.com/tech/cold-fusion-claims-resurface.html Harry

Re: [Vo]:Discovery News Article

2011-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Harry, Article uses Robert Park as an authority on the subject. http://news.discovery.com/tech/cold-fusion-claims-resurface.html As predicted by Mr. Rothwell, it would appear that the majority of popular news organizations willing to stick their necks out and file a brief report on the

[Vo]:More on Bologna

2011-01-21 Thread Jones Beene
Lest we forget the travelogue aspect of this story … The choice of this magnificent old city for the Rossi demo has a few lingering overtones for curious observers, yet to be noted in print. The fact the University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is the oldest operating University in the World

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Man on Bridges
On 22-1-2011 2:23, Horace Heffner wrote: Note that a lot more output possibilities are feasible than just copper, but let's get on with assuming copper is the only output. Those aneutronic strong force copper producing reactions involving 4 or fewer proton fusions with Ni are: 62Ni28 + p*

Re: [Vo]:Discovery News Article

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
The DN paper is an exercise in logical fallacies. And it shows how facts can be ignored. Only the press says that what happened is cold fusion i.e. fusion at cold, due to its (the press') inherent sensationalism. The world is infinitely interesting, the press wants to describe it as even more

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 21, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Man on Bridges wrote: Horace, Based upon natural presence and absence of radiation I would probably go for this on: 62Ni28 + p* -- 63Cu29 + 6.122 MeV [-1.984 MeV] (B_Ni:28) 62Ni28 : pres. 3.634 % 1H1 : pres. 99.985 % 63Cu29 : pres. 69.17 % Kind regards, MoB

Re: [Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
no more demos before the start up... That's elementary wonder management - miracles are not repeatable and the next miracle must be much greater (1MeV!) than the former. There are exceptions as San Gennaro's blood- fine application of non-newtonian viscosity. To remain at miracles. I think that

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Man on Bridges's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:06:04 +0100: Hi, [snip] Based upon natural presence and absence of radiation I would probably go for this on: 62Ni28 + p* -- 63Cu29 + 6.122 MeV [-1.984 MeV] (B_Ni:28) 62Ni28 : pres. 3.634 % 1H1 : pres. 99.985 % 63Cu29 : pres. 69.17 %

Re: [Vo]:Discovery News Article

2011-01-21 Thread mixent
In reply to Peter Gluck's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:40:13 +0200: Hi, [snip] The DN paper is an exercise in logical fallacies. And it shows how facts can be ignored. Only the press says that what happened is cold fusion i.e. fusion at cold, due to its (the press') inherent sensationalism. The

[Vo]:Stremmenos E. Christos, HNi reaction theory, Italian with Google translation and amateur editing: Rich Murray 2011.01.22

2011-01-21 Thread Rich Murray
Stremmenos E. Christos, HNi reaction theory, Italian with Google translation and amateur editing: Rich Murray 2011.01.22 [ I hope someone will improve my amateur translation... ] Ch. Stremmenos January 20th, 2011 at 12:45 PM Ch Stremmenos January 20th, 2011 at 24:45 PM La censura del mio

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:03 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Man on Bridges's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:06:04 +0100: Hi, [snip] Based upon natural presence and absence of radiation I would probably go for this on: 62Ni28 + p* -- 63Cu29 + 6.122 MeV [-1.984 MeV] (B_Ni:28)

Re: [Vo]:Discovery News Article

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Gluck
True, Robin, but Cold Fusion was D + D fusion, this one cannot be Peter On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Peter Gluck's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:40:13 +0200: Hi, [snip] The DN paper is an exercise in logical fallacies. And it shows how facts can