I know of no single paper that describes how cracks are formed. However, a huge literature exists that describe how cracks are produced in materials and how this destructive process can be avoided. I have 69 papers in my collection that address this issue. Unless you are prepared to do a lot of study, an answer to your question is not easy to supply.
Ed Storms On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:39 PM, James Bowery wrote: > Is there a paper describing the technique(s) for generating a wide > distribution of crack sizes? > > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]> wrote: > Tritium can not be detected easily using a beta detector. The best way is to > convert the gas to water and measure the tritium using the scintillation > metaod. The allows the sample to be studied over a period of time by many > people if they wish. > > Ed Storms > > On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:02 PM, James Bowery wrote: > >> Perhaps I can illustrate by avoiding thermal detection and going with >> tritium: >> >> Since tritium production is inherently time integrated, setting up a Cravens >> style dual experiment with a one treated to have a wide range of crack >> sizes, and both identical in all other respects, puts the primary cost >> constraint on the beta-emission counter. Can such counters be made >> economical? >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ed, I'm attacking a different problem: Cost. >> >> Since we're in a quasi-Edisonian phase of scientific research, keeping the >> cost per experiment as low as possible seems to be the bottleneck to getting >> a protocol that has reproduces the FPE to any statistically significant >> degree. >> >> Developing a different kind of experimental set up may be the key. >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]> wrote: >> James, I feel much more comfortable using a calorimeter design I can trust >> and that has been used in the past. The Cravens device is a nice >> demonstration but it proves nothing. I have made calorimeters that do the >> job much better and give absolute values for power. No need exists to >> reinvent. >> >> Ed Storms >> >> On Mar 22, 2014, at 12:27 PM, James Bowery wrote: >> >>> If you are running a Cravens style simultaneous, colocated control >>> experiment with infinite COP your odds of detecting a tiny temperature >>> difference economically are vastly improved. Basically you just integrate >>> the voltage out of a bimetallic (thermocoupling) wall separating the >>> treated material from the untreated material in a common vessel that >>> provides a small amount of gas communication between the chambers for >>> pressure equalization. This is not an expensive device. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Yes, getting a wide variety of sizes is easy. Getting enough of the right >>> size in this distribution is the problem. Only a few of the right size will >>> not give enough energy to be detected. When radiation or tritium is used to >>> detect the occurrence of LENR, the effect can be seen using fewer active >>> sites. However, these methods have not been used very often, probably >>> because the tools and skill are not common. >>> >>> Cracks either want to grow larger or sinter and disappear. As a result, >>> production of LENR is unstable. This makes the effect occur for brief >>> times, but not long enough to be sure LENR is actually happening rather >>> than a random event. >>> >>> Ed Storms >>> >>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:28 AM, James Bowery wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Based on my theory, the active material are nano-cracks. Making these at >>>> the require size is the challenge. Cracks can be made many different ways, >>>> but getting the right size is the problem. >>>> >>>> Might there be a technique that generates a wide distribution of crack >>>> sizes? >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
