No problemo, Jed- but we should be aware that the high interest in this experiment from those who are more in the mainstream of physics is almost surely due to the appearance of what seems to be massive transmutation (or else an embarassing oversight).
In answer to Stephen Lawrence's question about MS precision - (this has been told to me by others as I am no expert) yes- the slight difference in mass should be apparent -- but only can be clearly documented if your were looking for it in advance and calibrated for it, etc. It would seem to me that Mizuno with his years of experience, would have been aware of this issue - and that, even though the work was outsourced - he would have made it clear that he wanted a carful look at mass-13. Everything rides on that for now, or for quick replication by someone else ... although the excess heat is also interesting in its own right, you can find hundreds of instances of that in papers on the LENR-CANR site. As for replication: if two things - the gamma datalogging and the calorimetry are left off of this experiment entirely - then it could be done VERY cheaply and quickly by many labs, EPRI comes to mind - and my hope is that someone will be enticed to load up a small pressure reactor for 10 days with the sole purpose of testing the residue from the transmutation products. The other details can come later. Jones ________________________________ From: Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Oops. I sent that message to Vortex inadvertently. I hope that Jones does not mind. I meant to send it directly to him, Brian Ahern and some other Mills aficionado people who are interested in Mizuno's latest work. Most of my target audience is here, anyway, so this saves me the trouble. - Jed
