Jones Beene wrote:
Ed,
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.
This clarifies why you are negative about boron.
I take it that you are also unconvinced that the SPAWAR tracks (pits)
are indicative of neutrons. However, are you saying that none (no
substantial population) of those SPAWAR tracks is consistent with neutrons?
They see something that is neutron-like. However, the results are not
consistent with any other observation. Also, the production rate of
these particles is very low, perhaps too low to be detected any other way.
There seems to be substantial disagreement on this point, as the
Kowalski pages indicate...
There is disagreement about almost every human idea if you search for
the right people to ask. You need to examine the facts.
... BUT if any substantial number of these tracks are due to neutrons,
and there are a number of experts who believe this -- then you will
agree that the presence of boron would add substantial energy to any
such cell producing them, no?
If neutrons are involved at at a sufficient rate, they will add energy
by by being absorbed by any nucleus. The practical issue is how many are
actually present. Obviously, too few are present to be detected outside
of the cell even while over 10^12 fusion events are taking place within
the cell.
That is to say - if that particular type of cell (SPAWAR) is producing
neutrons, then that type would benefit (energy-wise) from boron, but
this does not mean that other variations of LENR technique are going to
do the same, as they may or may not produce neutrons.
The issue involves the rate of the reactions. Neutrons are only
important if they are generated at a sufficient rate. A few neutron/sec
reacting with boron, while making energy, will be totally invisible and
unimportant, which seems to be the case.
Ed
Jones
