Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
I think it is pretty well agreed by Fleischmann that calling it "fusion" was a mistake.
I do not agree at all. The effect fuses deuterium atoms to form helium and heat in the same ratio to the helium as plasma fusion does. That makes it fusion.
The helium ratio is about the only rock-solid fact about the physics that has been established so far, thanks mainly to Miles and the Italian researchers. Everything else, such as tritium and transmutations, is still up in the air. The tritium ratios vary wildly. A lot of people still argue that the transmutations are caused by contamination. I have never heard a serious argument that the helium just happens to hit the right levels every time by coincidence. The levels are usually far too low for it to be contamination. And yes, you heard that right: too low. Miles once pointed to a slide with a laser pointer and said: "if this were contamination from air, the levels would vary uncontrollably and that line would be five stories high" (way above the conference room screen). People think that helium concentration exceeding atmospheric levels is the only sure proof, but actually, helium levels far below that concentration are just as good. In any case, McKubre observed cumulative helium concentration above atmosphere.
I do not know of any evidence for hydrino formation in cold fusion experiments, although it could be that no one has looked for hydrinos, or would recognize them.
- Jed
