[Vo]:FusionCatalyst.org

2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Hi group, I'm excited to announce our newly formed non-profit organization to the advancement of cold fusion. We are planning an open catalyst project geared towards finding the secret catalyst needed to achieve nuclear fusion in the solid state. The plan is to use the power of the crowd to

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2011-12-20 Thread Michele Comitini
Very interesting! I suggest to add an option for a simple neutron counter. Specially good for cluster of reactors, but also for home users: you do not want them to be irradiated. mic 2011/12/20 Bastiaan Bergman bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com: Hi group, I'm excited to announce our newly formed

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2011-12-20 Thread David ledin
very interesting On 12/20/11, Bastiaan Bergman bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi group, I'm excited to announce our newly formed non-profit organization to the advancement of cold fusion. We are planning an open catalyst project geared towards finding the secret catalyst needed to

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2011-12-20 Thread Horace Heffner
Potentially a good idea for a non-profit, especially if donations can drive the price down well below cost. That said, where is the calorimeter? Also, the device looks too small. This looks more like a Rossi replicator idea than a general purpose LENR investigation device. That seems a

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2011-12-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: This looks more like a Rossi replicator idea than a general purpose LENR investigation device. That seems a bit premature, given the publicly released evidence provided by Rossi thus far is so lacking scientifically. More to the point, we do not

Re: [Vo]:FusionCatalyst.org

2011-12-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is a response to this proposal by Ed Storms. he feels this project is dangerous. I share his concerns. I was going to say this, but he says it with more authority than I could. Rossi himself has often cautioned his readers that this research is dangerous. I am glad he says that. - Jed - -

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2011-12-20 Thread Mary Yugo
Cooling is optional? Gak! Storms is right with one exception -- in a geometry such as Rossi has, calorimetry is fairly easy. But not by Rossi's measurement methods.

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2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Horace, Calorimetry is done through temperature monitorring, simple on the equipment a bit more demanding on the experimentalist and analysis. In due time we will post more details on the analysis as a help. Device looks kinda small Yes and I put a lot effort in making it even smaller. The

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2011-12-20 Thread Mary Yugo
Hey Bastiaan, How to you remove the heat? Why don't you use a liquid coolant in a jacket surrounding the cell -- like Rossi seems to do? That would accomplish reasonably accurate calorimetry for you automatically with nothing more than a flow meter, two thermometers, a known electrical power

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2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Materials and material preparation are the key to cold fusion. The hardest part by far. You cannot use just any Ni material. Exactly! That is why we want to engage the crowd! Because finding exactly the right stuff may be a daunting task. Moreover, even if you think you have found the right

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2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Mary, I'm looking into cooling, it won't be finished for the first version though. You can't just stick the reactor in a bath as the top and bottem of the reactor have things (eg electrical wires) sticking out from them. My plan is to use a 'springy' kind of copper tube coil, that sids around the

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2011-12-20 Thread Mary Yugo
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Bastiaan Bergman bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com wrote: Mary, I'm looking into cooling, it won't be finished for the first version though. You can't just stick the reactor in a bath as the top and bottem of the reactor have things (eg electrical wires) sticking