I have had some complaints about Arata's paper
and presentation. The paper lacks details such as
the method of calibration. However, we should not
overlook the fact that this is an astounding
accomplishment, and even without a calibration it
is obviously producing stable heat far beyond the limits of chemistry.
I just sent a note to Arata in Japanese expressing these sentiments.
As everyone knows, there have been scattered
reports of heat after death, which is essentially
output without input. This is like a vastly
improved version of heat after death. Arata said
it is reproducible. I do not know the success
rate but there are several graphs of successful runs.
Here is the critical fact about this experiment.
Look at figure 3 in the News section:
http://lenr-canr.org/News.htm
Two things jump out at you:
1. The cell core temperature is hotter than the
cell wall. This proves that the heat originates
in the cell. (Skeptics unfamiliar with the second
law will probably dispute that, but it's proof.)
The cell core is not warmer with hydrogen, so
there is no heat source in the cell.
2. The sample with hydrogen returns to room
temperature after 200 minutes. The two samples
with deuterium remain about 1°C above ambient
four 3000 minutes (50 hours), and according to
Dr. Wang, for another 3000 hours after that (100
hours total). The reaction shows no sign of
petering out at the end of this graph. Think
about this: the cell should be stone cold by
minute 600, but it is still warm at minute 6000!
Obviously, this is a stable, on-demand,
self-sustaining reaction. It is the holy grail of
cold fusion! Not to mention plasma fusion. The
temperature difference of 1°C above ambient is
large. It can be measured with absolute
confidence with modern instruments, and it is probably palpable.
Even without a calibration, and whether this 1°C
temperature difference represents 1.1 W (as Arata
claims) or whether it is only a fraction of a
watt, I am sure it is beyond the limits of
chemistry. The control run with hydrogen proves
that. Plus, Mike Melich says he can do a first
principle analysis based on heat loss and the
approximate heat capacity of the steel cell to
confirm this. I do not know how big or heavy the
cell is. As I said, it is stainless steel maybe
20 cm tall maybe 3 cm in diameter. He says you
convert everything into the specific heat of
water to do this conveniently. The specific heat
of iron is 0.45 J/g * k, and water is 4.18 J/g *
k so it is about a factor of ten less.
(By the way, I hope to have this figure and the
others in an English version of this paper soon.
However, I have found that it is better to first
understand a paper and then translate it.)
- Jed
