I wonder if there was anything special about the carbon? This list has speculated that fusion could occur within C60 or nanotubes.
Terry On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following article appeared in the Hokkaido Newspaper on June 12. > It describes an experiment that Mizuno has been doing for quite a > while. He has been uncharacteristically unwilling to divulge > information about this work, but I believe he intends to discuss it in > detail at ICCF14 in August 2008. I have been aware of this research > for some time, and I have several manuscripts about it, which Mizuno > asked me not to discuss. I hope that I can upload more information > soon, perhaps before ICCF14. > > The experimental technique, calibration and other aspects of the work > are much improved since I first learned of it, and the cell is smaller > and safer. > > The article says Mizuno has repeated the experiment 30 times. This > means 30 times with this particular configuration, starting this year. > He has done the experiment many times previously with a larger cell. > The older cell was too large and therefore dangerous, so I am relieved > to hear he has scaled down the cell. > > Note that the article refers to "Mr. Mizuno" and indicates he is a > graduate student. He is Dr. Mizuno, associate professor. > > - Jed > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Hokkaido Shimbun > > http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/environment/98372.html > > Environment * Nature * Science section > > Cold fusion with a simple reactor? Hokkaido U. Researcher Mizuno > Confirms Reaction > Will report at international conference > > June 12, 2008 > > On June 11, Mr. Tadahiko Mizuno of the Hokkaido University Engineering > Dept. (Energy and Environmental Systems) announced a new experiment in > which carbon compounds are exposed to hydrogen in a relatively simple > reactor (furnace) and then heated. The compounds then produce > anomalous heat (excess heat) in amounts far exceeding the heat that > could be generated by chemical reactions, as well as gamma rays, which > indicate that a nuclear reaction is occuring. Mizuno will present > these results at an upcoming international conference in August in the > U.S., as a confirmation of a new form of "cold fusion." > > The experiment is done with a stainless steel vessel (internal volume > 88 cc). 0.1 gram of phenanthrene (a type of polycyclic aromatic > hydrocarbon) is placed in the vessel, and high pressure hydrogen gas > is added. > > Also exposed to the gas inside the vessel serving as catalysts are > sulfur and platinum, which acts as a means to line up hydrogen atoms > in gas, and promote hydrogen reactions. > > When hydrogen pressure is raised to 70 atm, and the temperature is > raised to 660°C [with a resistance heater], the temperature rises > above the set level, and after the input power to the resistance heat > is cut off, the cell temperature continues to rise for about an hour, > reaching a peak of 690°C. By this stage, excess heat output reaches 60 > watts, and total excess heat energy is 240 kilojoules, which exceeds > any conceivable chemical reaction by a factor of over 100. > > Mr. Mizuno has repeated this experiment 30 times, and observed excess > heat in every case. Furthermore, after the test, products found inside > the cell include: 1. large amounts of carbon-13, an isotope that > occurs naturally on earth as only 1% of normal carbon; 2. nitrogen, > which is not found in the cell before the experiment in measurable > amounts. Because neither of these can be explained as the product of a > chemical reaction, Mr. Mizuno says, "One must conclude that a fusion > reaction involving hydrogen and carbon is occurring in the cell." > > Prof. Hiroshi Yamada of the Iwate University Engineering Dept. > (Electrical Engineering) said "It is quite likely that heat is being > generated at levels far exceeding heat from chemical reactions. This > research deserves attention." > > Also, a leading researcher at a major industrial company said, "This > is quite different from previous reports of cold fusion, and of great > interest." > >
