Despite Ed Storms' shying away from Cold Fusion in the Szpak paper. :-)
The heavier Stable elements shown up (Aluminum, Calcium, Zinc, Etc.) with XRF aren't going to go away by "throwing the baby out with the bath water".
The Electronium Species (electron-positron-electron,) mass about 2 electron masses , charge minus 1, formed during electron-positron pair production, can take up one or more local electrons and catalyze Cold Fusion in the same manner as "Muon Fusion".
Thus the Electronium (*e-) or [(*e-) + n e-] it can neutralize the charge of a Deuteron (1H-2), Triton (1H-3) , Helium-3 (2He-3), Helium-4 (2He-4) , Lithium-6 (3Li-6) or Lithium-7 (3Li-7), and effect the Cold Fusion Reactions of the LiCl and D2O contained in the electrolysis cell in/on the Pd (or other) interstices or surface.
Most if not all of these "addition reactions" can release a few Mev to over 30 Mev as Kev Synchrotron Radiation (Heat) due to nuclear vibrations (internal acceleration) lasting minutes to days while building predominately Stable Isotopes.
The Synchrotron Radiation rate is determined by the Larmor Equation:
W = q^2*a^2/[6(pi)eo*c^3]
This indicates how a vibrating-accelerating nucleus can dump energy slowly,
hence the "heat after death" effect seen in the experiments.
For instance:
1, 3Li-7 + 8O-16 ---> 11Na-23 + energy
2, 2 He-4 + 11Na-23 ----> 13 Al-27 + energy
Many possibilities without abstract theories or violating the laws of physics.
Frederick
