In reply to Ludwik Kowalski's message of Fri, 5 Feb 2016 15:08:48 -0500: Hi, >Yes indeed. Experimental data reported by Karabut and his coworkers (from >Lutch laboratory in Russia) were spectacular, as summarized in: > >http://pages.csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/cf/10lutch.html > >and in their later ICCF reports. Their apparatus was quite simple. >Unfortunately, I am not aware of independent confirmations of their results in >other laboratories. > >Ludwik [snip] Quote:- "Why doesn't this happen when D2 is replaced by H2?"
The implication is that the transmutations were caused by neutron transfer from D to other nuclei. H2 => no neutrons => no transmutation. A shrunken D atom (or D molecule) would be able to get much closer to another nucleus, drastically increasing the likelihood of neutron transfer. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
