2009/11/1 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]>: ... > it probably means that sometimes there is a confirming result, > sometimes not.
Yes, that's pretty obvious. A few comments about this Oriani / Curie project protocol, in the light of the SPAWAR 2009 paper ( http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/MosierBosscharacteri.pdf ): 1/ It's light water. SPAWAR 2009 reported success with light water, but with four orders of magnitude less tracks, i.e. in about the same ratio as the natural proportion of heavy water in light water, so they suggest it's really a deuterium phenomenon. 2/ The cathode substrate is nickel i.e. it's hydrogen permeable. SPAWAR reports better results with cathode wires made of non hydrogen permeable metal, but since the Oriani-Curie electrolyte contains no hydrogen permeable plating metal --no plating metal at all actually--, one can well imagine that a hydrogen permeable cathode is mandatory for LENRs to occur in those cells! 3/ Their tubular cell geometry inspired to me a dirt cheap Mylar protected cell design for your kit, criticisms welcome: - a simple plastic or glass tube, open at both ends, with its bottom end smooth (no burrs), e.g. a test tube with its closed end cut off, used upside down. - wrap the Mylar film on the bottom of the tube, so that it forms a flat horizontal window at the bottom, and the rest of the film is folded back and taped on the tube, with all its edges reaching above the water line to contain any electrolyte leakage - put your detector sandwich flat under the Mylar window, and tape it to the tube too - install your electrodes like Oriani did (cathode rests on the bottom Mylar window, anode above it) Admittedly ugly, but no glue or gasket or other exotic material in contact with the electrolyte, and think of the money you save :) Michel
