Thank you for the answers.
I don’t agree about the heaters for 2 reasons. First, because if it is bent, EM generated is not equal to a straight inline heater. And secondly, the IR generated (and could be a stimulator of the reaction) depends on the type on heater it is. This cannot be ruled out so easily. The reactor R20 is made of 2 standard conflat flanges and one pipe with 2 conflats (on each side). The flanges are available from the shelf of any vacuum supplier. On the other hand, the pipe is not not from the shelf. It needs to be built on demand. But maybe, this is from the shelf of the Mizuno’s supplier. In this case it would be nice to have the name of the supplier. So the replicator would have same SS tube (Size and composition). Once the replication is successful, replicators can then change one variable at a time a confirm which variable is mandatory or not. In this perspective the idea to order the mesh (with Pd) directly is a good path for success. And also it can provide to Mizuno the necessary funding to repair other equipment broken by earthquake. From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2019 23:27 To: Vortex <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Fwd: Mizuno's Q and A to a person who wants to replicate Arnaud Kodeck <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Jed, Did you have by any chance some more information about the sheath heater? It is a 2m long, so how is the heater bent? You said (I don’t remember if it is here or LENRForum) that you will ask the question to Mizuno. I asked, but he has not had a chance to respond. When I asked him why he selected that heater, he said, "because it was the cheapest one." It has to be 500 W and heat resistant at high temperatures. I expect any heater that meets those specifications will do. I doubt it matters. That is probably the first time I have said, "I doubt it matters" with regard to materials in a cold fusion experiment. Usually we have no idea what matters but we have to be fanatically careful about sourcing all materials. Other thing, can Mizuno provide his supplier of SS316 tube ? The devil is in details. I will ask. Mizuno has a local specialized company fabricate his reactors out of stainless steel. They are always bolted together not welded, as you see. They have thin metal gaskets. I do not recall what metal it is. The reactor has to be airtight enough to hold a vacuum for weeks, and it must not contaminate the gas at high temperatures. That is about all I know about it. I expect any stainless steel reactor that meets these specifications will do. I recommend you test it for a week, baking it out at low pressure and looking for contamination in the gas, using a mass spectrometer. I do not know much about welding, but I do not think you should weld a reactor because I have heard the welds might leak, or contaminate the gas. I suggest you have a reactor fabricated by a specialized company. You might be able to find scientific supply houses that sell off-the-shelf reactors. I have a feeling this experiment is not fussy about the sources of the materials, or contamination. Mizuno is usually very careful about contamination, as are all electrochemists. He seems almost lackadaisical with this experiment. The method of making the reactant seems frightfully crude. I am amazed that it works at all. Yet it does seem to work. If it works, I'm happy, and I am not going to argue with Mother Nature about it. - Jed
