At 05:04 PM 6/24/2006 -0400, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Jones Beene wrote:
>But because of the lack of universal standards and other vagaries
>in calorimetry . . .
As Storms noted, calorimetry is the basis of a large part of modern
science & technology. It is, in fact, the universal standard in a wide
range of such chemistry, nuclear reactions and in many industries. It is
not at all vague; it has been a science since the 1840s.
It was an established science well before that.
As discussed in detail elsewhere, Lavoisier measured the difference in
specific heat between venous
and arterial blood in animals and (correctly) deduced that the blood was
binding oxygen.
He gave the gas its name in his paper, circa 1777 (if memory serves, it has
been a while since I read it).
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Some skeptics have raised objections to the high quality calorimetry in
cold fusion, but their objections have no merit. For the low quality work,
I could point to lot more real problems than they do. They know so little
about CF, they do not even know what is wrong with it.
The problems in calorimetry have less to do with cold fusion per se,
than about how
some calorimetry is often used, without calibration, or using flow in a
vertical direction
where Bernard instability effects the observed output. Some relevant papers
are:
Swartz, M., "Potential for Positional Variation in Flow Calorimetric Systems",
Journal of New Energy 1,1, 126-130 (1996) (*)
Swartz, M, "Improved Calculations Involving Energy Release Using a Buoyancy
Transport Correction",
Journal of New Energy, 1, 3, 219-221 (1996)
Swartz, M., "Relative Impact of Thermal Stratification of the Air
Surrounding a Calorimeter",
Journal of New Energy, 2, 219-221 (1996)
Swartz, M., "Time Course of Thermal Stratification and Its Relevance to
Flow Calorimeters",
Journal of New Energy, 4, 4, 120-125, (2000).
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I do not think anyone knows how to produce a CF reliably enough for a
self-powered device. No conversion method would work, because cells
produce only a fraction of a watt. Larger cells have been made but they
are very dangerous because the reaction cannot be controlled. Higher
temperatures are also effective but dangerous.
Many many errors in a few sentences; most previously corrected.
Dr. Mitchell Swartz
JET Energy
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