If I recall Frank Grimer’s calculations of the Casimir force, it can amount to much higher loading than what is applied to the granite in this paper. The neutron level is over 6 time background on failure according to Cardone. The results are hard to argue with.
The problem I have with this experiment is that did not mention the fact that granite and marble can contain substantial amounts of thorium and uranium and the ‘daughters’ (or decay chain) going back millions of years. Are the neutrons seen coming from those elements when stressed, or from silicon/calcium/etc when stressed, or only from the ‘daughters’? There are implications. Rossi is seeing no neutrons. We can be pretty sure of that as a sensitive meter was used. Rossi has probably recognized the need for a dielectric support for what he calls “nanometric nickel” which he thinks is the active material. The support used in almost 100% of recent LENR experiments, thanks to Arata, is zirconia. That does not meant that Rossi used it, but there is an indication. We do not know for sure that there are Casimir cavities involved in the support material however. That is where my views depart from almost everyone else. I think that there are “unplanned” cavities, for several reasons. Zirconia undergoes catastrophic failure at phase change unless ‘doped’ usually with yttria. Neutrons would apparently be expected in the Rossi device - if there were both Casimir cavities and thorium, and Cardone’s results applied. Therefore, one important implication of all of these clues, taken together, is: does this lack of neutrons in Bologna eliminate thorium as the best candidate for the ‘support’ dielectric ? If it were not for that problem, it would be the best candidate. Yes, we are still grasping at straws, but in the end, there will be new physics – so why not unburden oneself of the excess baggage? Jones From: Harry Veeder Subject: Re: [Vo]:New paper from Cardone Here is a slide showing of some their earlier work showing how crushing granite produces neutrons. Some nice graphs which plot neutron counts against mechanical loading. http://files.splinder.com/4ae1443c64aa2e0faf9cdca00d8e7148.pdf The crushing load is coincident with a momentary spike in neutrons. harry From: Jones Beene <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 10, 2011 11:11:00 AM Subject: [Vo]:New paper from Cardone <http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1153> http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1153 If you thought Rossi was the only wild-eyed Italian on the fringes of physics with an earth shattering discovery, think again. These guys even have mainstream credentials, no? Their earlier paper was roundly criticized for technique, but not disproved. This one will be even more divisive, so to speak. Is this related in any way to Rossi? Maybe it was premature to write-off an ultrasound input in the Rossi E-cat (especially if thermistors are being used). After all, I have been told that ultrasound in a gas-filled powder would not be audible, as it would be if there was a liquid fill. The now Italian Renaissance … il rinascimento seconda parte !?!
