On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Steven Krivit wrote:
Someone (who wishes to be anon) wrote the following to me recently.
I'm interested in the thoughts and comments in response to it from
Vortexians:
-Steve
The ERAB council "proved" that cold fusion isn't DD fusion.
[snip]
There is no such proof in the paper. There is no understanding to be
gained of the branching ratios shown by Figure 3.1 in the report Jed
provided:
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/ERABreportofth.pdf
which is based on fusion due to a kinetic process. The last data
point is over 5000 eV, not at 3 eV. The process differs, the
branching ratio differs. The nuclear temperature immediately
following the reaction differs. There has been no serious
investigation of the phenomenon because the outcome has already been
*assumed* by the reviewers to be conventional, i.e. therefore non-
existent. I think time and data will show this judgement to be
highly flawed. Mid-range branching ratios can't be investigated
using only low potential electrolytic cells. Approaches more along
the lines of Claytor's work (not explained by the reviewers either)
are needed to make sense in that arena, i.e. to fill out Fig. 31 above.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
