I may have inadequately expressed what I was looking for: A technique to generate, in a single sample, a wide and relatively flat (very low kurtosis) distribution of crack sizes (and a large number of such cracks of course).
This, as opposed to a wide array of techniques, each of which generates different but relatively narrow distribution of crack sizes. Obviously if you have a sensitive detection technique, like tritium with scintillation, you would prefer applying a single technique to a single sample and getting detectable tritium -- however small. On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote: > 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? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > >
