Jed— Thanks for that Fralick report. It leaves the reader hanging with the last 2 sentences just before the list of references. IMHO.
The obvious speculation is that He-4 was formed in the Pd lattice that had been filled with D atoms which were squashed together in lattice sites near the surface during evacuation and cooling. Nuclear spin states coupled with the electronic spin states over many electrons, caused nuclear spin energy into lattice electron spin energy—i.e., heat of the lattice. Each reaction was without production of neutrons and happened in a very short time interval—maybe one quantum of time. The Pd was manufactured with large single grains—a large QM coherent system---to spread the distribution of each reaction’s potential energy over many electrons and their orbital angular momentum or spin kinetic energy. There was no linear momentum involved in the reaction and, hence, no energetic particles as reaction products. It was a many-body coherent reaction limited by a physical change in resonant conditions resulting from the reaction. Fralick should have looked for He-4 in the reaction with a mass spec machine and statistically likely resonant EM field conditions associated with spin energy coupling within the coherent system. I am surprised that was not accomplished and reported. It probably was accomplished in subsequent testing, but not reported by the Lewis Research Facility. Bob Cook ________________________________ From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 7:57:27 PM To: Vortex Subject: [Vo]:A catalytic converter might be a cold fusion cell I have often noted that Pd thin film catalytic converters resemble cold fusion cells. Actually, for all anyone knows, they might be cold fusion cells. I have often suggested the someone should buy a brand new one, fill it with high pressure pure deuterium gas, and then heat it up. It might produce anomalous heat. I do not know what the honeycomb substrate in those gadgets is made of. If it has Ni in it, I'll bet it would produce heat. If this works, it would resemble the way Fralick got heat from a conventional hydrogen purifier: https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/FralickGCresultsofa.pdf They cost around $1,200, in case you are in the market for one: https://repairpal.com/estimator/catalytic-converter-replacement-cost
