Finally !! Thanks to Ron for digging up this, as it apparently has gone unnoticed on HSG.
Executive summary - calibration runs indicate an efficient calorimetry system which does capture and retain 99+% of the heat within the calorimeter (0.54-0.82% loss). Therefore the reliability of the results seems to be good, and believable. [hope they allow other experts in calorimetry to have a close look] In the heat experiments, the reactor generated over 1 megajoule of excess heat - of which only ~10 kilojoules could be accounted for by chemistry. Wow! This is actually better than anything which BLP has reported AFAIK ! Some may quibble about the level of "independence" since the reactor was provided by BLP. COMMENTARY: So what if they used a loaner? I do not believe Randy was looking over their shoulder. Given that BLP does not want anyone else to know the exact details of this proprietary device, which is not unreasonable - this is fully acceptable so long as there was not other outside influence. The only thing which I wish had been done at this stage is to eliminate (or verify) nuclear reactions: especially LENR Jones IOW is the excess heat the result of hydrogen "shrinkage" only ? - and therefore there is zero transmutation, zero gammas and zero ash ? Maybe so, maybe not. There is the distinct possibility that the excess heat is deriving ultimately from the nucleus (weak or strong force) in which case there should be some evidence - transmutation products of gammas. I suspect, and predict, that they will find beta decay when they take the time to look ! Especially since sodium is involved, I am trying to imagine a unique reversible nuclear reaction whereby a virtual or pseudo neutron i.e. an extremely low energy "nearly neutral" particle, made up of highly shrunken hydrogen could "participate" with 23Na and remain largely undetected (since the reaction is hypothesized to be reversible). 23Na is 100% of natural sodium. 24Na is very unstable with a short half-life and is a beta emitter. It also has a nuclear spin of 4. It has a lot in common with 40K. Potassium is also among the best Mills' catalysts and no one knows that 40K could not be solely responsible for that even (wild guess) despite its low enrichment. ERGO - I will go out on a limb and opine that yes, shrinkage (redundant ground states) are necessary as a precursor - but do not give all (or maybe even most) of the excess heat which is being seen and documented here. I am pretty sure, based on what I have seen in another experiment, that they will eventually observe betas in the range of a 10^5-10^6 eV. Problem is: Mills may not approve of that, so will they be allowed to report it? Jones ----- Original Message ---- From: Ron Wormus <http://www.blacklightpower.com/pdf/BLPIndependentReport.pdf>
