On 01/21/2011 01:37 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > > Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > > >>On 01/20/2011 01:29 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > >>Would weighing the entire apparatus before and after reveal > >>a concealed chemical reaction? > > > > > >I don't think so. The sort of reaction proposed here replaces > >the reactants with solid "ash", which remains on the spot, so > >the weight of the apparatus won't change. > > > > Really, what's needed is for the observers to be able to see > > inside the thing -- that, by itself, certainly would not reveal the > > nature of the 'secret ingredient'. Absent this sort of deception, > > there's no obvious reason for Rossi not to allow it. > > > > If the reactor has, indeed, been inspected by someone other > > than Rossi, before and after the run, that would be very good > > to know! > > What about odors? > Could you easily contain all the smell of burning thermite > or burning magnesium?
I have no idea. > If he did burn something I bet he would have destroyed several vessels > before he got it to work to just right. Yes, and maybe had a nasty lab fire or two. Hmmm.
