At 03:45 PM 9/9/2009, you wrote:
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
Underneath the cell, looking up, is a microscope, focused, through
the CR-39, on the wire. The assembly is in a light-tight box. What
will the microscope camera see while the cell is operating? Nothing?
It will see nothing. The CR-39 has to be removed from the cell and
etched before you see anything.
Jed, you are stuck. Please read carefully. I didn't ask about the
CR-39, I asked about the camera looking through it.
Ah. CR-39 is opaque. You mean looking around it, from another angle.
No. There are different kinds of CR-39. It's true, I've never seen a
CR-39 chip as used in this field, personally, but CR-39, as a
material, can be very clear, optically clear, it's used for lenses,
after all, eyeglasses. I mean using clear CR-39, using it as a window.
An IR camera focused on the cathode will see heat very blurry
through the water I think, but you cannot tell the difference
between blurry cold fusion heat and electrolysis heat. You can if
you are focused on the back surface of the cathode through air, not
water. Cold fusion heat appears in small hot spots much hotter than
the surroundings. See:
http://lenr-canr.org/Collections/USNavy.htm
http://lenr-canr.org/Collections/SzpakIR.wmv
That video is spectacular. It might mean nothing, but I doubt that it
means nothing. Focused on the back of the cathode? The video raises
more questions than are answered. What's the magnification? What
would be seen in the visible, with a microscope? If that's the back
of the cathode, wouldn't the heat be diffuse there?
In what I'm imagining, there would be very little electrolyte between
the cathode and the CR-39, and if clear CR-39 could be used for
radiation detection, it would be perfect.
No, the commercial cells would be industrial products, designed
specifically for what is needed and inexpensive compared to
multipurpose instruments designed for a very different set of
conditions, and typically for a broad set of conditions.
Why go to the trouble to make specifically designed instruments to
convince a few amateurs? Just have 5 or 10 professionals do it with
proper off-the-shelf instruments, which they already have.
Because we can make money doing it, Jed. Because we can make and sell
these "specially designed instruments" for much less than the
standard professional equipment. How many is a "few amateurs"? It
could be thousands of kits, Jed, easily.
I wrote a lot more, but I'm not sending it, I deleted it. Too much
argument about too little knowledge. Jed, you have no idea what I'm
proposing, or why it might accomplish something. Fine. You've done
great work, and the information you've provided and, I assume, will
continue to provide, is excellent. Now, excuse me while I actually do
something with it.
I may respond to the rest of the mail later.
