Terry - Another mystery of relating natural phenomena to LENR enhancement is "aromagnetism" which the magnetic alignment of a few aromatic molecules like Mizuno's phenanthrene - with an imposed magnetic field. I was hoping that this would be talked about. It is most unusual in many ways, including a Casimir connection.
Was the conveyor belt you mention exposed to a magnetic field? Even the magnetic field of its drive motor could have been sufficient to accelerate the embrittlement process. The Arata-Zhang powder is fully ferromagnetic due to the nickel - and the A-Z heating effect can be accentuated in a magnetic field (to be published soon) - which along with the Letts/Cravens effect suggests an enhancement role for magnetism in the LENR process. After all, magnetism acts as an externally imposed "constraint" on molecular bosons, *as if they were at cryogenic temps*, since freedom of movement is limited - and one supposes H2 can be considered a molecular boson. In short, you may have witnessed LENR disguised as embattlement, oops make that embrittlement ... the former being one of those "poetic" typos that have special relevance to the embattled proponents of LENR. Jones -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton I presume 'embattlement' is the same as 'embrittlement'. This is not a well understood phenomenon. I encountered it as fledgling engineer when components of our 30,000 lb conveyor chain were failing at10,000 lb. The culprit turned out to be our plating process for the link components. I have always wondered about a possible relationship between hydrogen embrittlement and cold fusion. Who knows, his research in one may lead to answers in the other. T Jed Rothwell wrote: > Mizuno called me last night. He was too busy to go to the ACS conference. > > Since he retired, he has devoted most of his time to conventional research > in hydrogen embattlement, under contract. He says it is "fun." I think it is > getting back to his roots. I said I hate to see him doing conventional > research instead of pressing ahead with the phenanthrene studies. Honestly, > I am distressed to see that! He knows I am. He said: "not to worry, after a > long wait I got some grants to do the phenanthrene experiments, and we just > fabricated some new equipment for that." So that's good news. > > - Jed > >
