Edmund Storms wrote:
Thanks for this detail Jed, but no where do I see mentioned that this
material is a Pd-Ag alloy.
That is my recollection of what he told me.
This document says "Fleischmann reported success with pure palladium,
as well as silver and cerium alloys."
As I recall he said "Type A" is the silver alloy used in filters. We
could ask J-M if they ever used pure Pd in filters. I doubt they did.
My guess is that the modern reformulated filter palladium would work
just as well as the old stuff. My guess is that the reason it works
is prosaic: it loads to high levels easily and it does not crack.
Those are well known necessary characteristics to achieve cold
fusion. Why they are necessary I do not know, but they are.
I see that I managed to misspell his name in this document. Good grief!
- Jed
