Hi Jones,
Here is some background information.
Boron is used to remove oxygen from palladium, which makes the palladium
brittle. Addition of boron was done to prevent cracking, which I showed
prevents the required high composition from being achieved.
Miles used a Pb-B alloy to measure the He/energy relationship and found
that this sample gave the same relationship as the samples without
boron. Therefore, boron plays no role in the nuclear process.
Boron is deposited on the Pd surface in every P-F cell as the Pyrex
dissolves. Nevertheless, no radioactivity is detected and heat is seldom
produced. As for the Pd-B, I attempted to get heat both from a sample
supplied by Miles and by a fresh sample supplied by NRL, and failed both
times. All of my work indicates that success requires both a high
composition, which the boron helps achieve, and deposition of a special
alloy material, the NAE, which is not influenced by the boron.
The situation is much more complex than you are taking into account.
Ed
Jones Beene wrote:
Edmund Storms wrote:
Does LENR glow discharge benefit significantly from boron content in
the electrode?
No, boron has no effect.
Well, that answers the question then.
Many observers had hoped that Miles' work with boron and his reported
100% reproducibility was accurate. Apparently not.
Miles did go to the trouble to patent it: #6,764,561 - although Uncle
Sam picked up the tab: it was assigned to the US Dept of Navy.
"Palladium-boron alloys and methods for making and using such alloys"
Guess the LENR powered sub will have to wait...
Jones
