I don't see a any criticism of Piantelli's experimental procedure in the paper you provided. The referenced paper covers the work of Focardi et al.
And further, you have not provided a critical review of the particular Piantelli paper I referenced. So by default, the proof I provided stands true and conclusive. Expressing doubts about the difficulty of heat measurement is a matter of opinion consistent with the other arguments you have presented. Such expert opinion is valuable but cannot be used to undercut the experimental findings of a top ranked world renowned LENR researcher. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6id5Hf-xMWOYXVjekJCN1ZkQk0/edit?pli=1 >> >> >> >> In this research paper by Piantelli, Slide 27 PROVES that transmutation >> of multiple elements from a nickel starting point is the cause of heat >> production in the Ni/H reaction. >> > > That is impressive. Piantelli is pretty good. Unfortunately, no one has > been able to replicate his solid Ni bar experiment. That does not mean it > is wrong. It is close enough to other Ni experiments that it has > credibility. > > Some people worry about his calorimetry. See below. > > Slide 27 shows two spectra. One for a section of the rod where there was > no energy production, and the other for a section where there was > production. My question: How can he tell where on the bar the energy > production occurred? I don't see how he could, with that calorimeter. I > suppose he would need an IR camera inside the cell. > > It says ". . . energy production as measured by means of the external cell > surface." I guess that means they can measure sections of the external > surface. It is surprising to me that the heat from the bar still forms a > coherent pattern by the time it reaches the external surface. > > > >> Please supply references that contradict this experimental result and >> support your opinions to the opposite. >> > > Doubts about the calorimetry are here: > > http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/CerronZebainvestigat.pdf > > I do not know of anyone else who has tried this exact method of > calorimetry. > > I do not know if there are doubts about the mass spectroscopy, but > spectroscopy is a difficult art. You need multiple replications to be sure > it is working. > > I would describe this as promising but not a sure thing. > > - Jed >
