On 2009/1/14 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I forgot to upload the ICCF-14 papers from Szpak et al., for goodness sake. > They are: > > Szpak, S., et al. SPAWAR Systems Center-Pacific Pd:D Co-Deposition Research: > Overview of Refereed LENR Publications in ICCF-14 International Conference > on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2008. Washington, DC. > > http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/SzpakSspawarsyst.pdf > ...
Excerpt: <<1. S. Szpak, P.A. Mosier-Boss, and J.J. Smith, "On the Behavior of Pd Deposited in the Presence of Evolving Deuterium," J. Electroanal. Chem., 302 (1991) 255-260 This was a preliminary note introducing the Pd/D co-deposition protocol as an alternative experimental approach to initiate LENR. Temperature measurements using thermocouples placed in the cathode and solution show that the cathode was hotter than the solution. This indicates that the observed heat is not due to Joule heating. A ten fold increase in tritium content in the solution was observed. Experiments were conducted with photographic film in close proximity of the cathode. After development, the film showed a grid pattern due to the Ni screen cathode and was attributable to the emission of soft X-rays.>> I imagine some mundane explanation was later found for the ten fold tritium increase, otherwise no additional proof of nuclear reactions would have been needed ! Michel
