Thanks, Jed, for putting this up, and thanks to the researchers for
doing the work and providing it.
From Scott Little's work, and from a review of the images published
by SPAWAR and others, I'd come, as well, to suspect the involvement of
chemical damage in the "front side" results.
However, there is a complication: radiation damage to CR-39 may -- no,
*does* -- increase susceptibility to chemical damage. That aluminum is
affected in association with the cathode, through Mylar, is very
suspicious. Could this be a radiation effect?
The truly significant results from SPAWAR are the back side results,
on the other side of about a mm of CR-39. Especially with a gold
cathode.
Cantwell was specifically was not looking for neutrons. Have they
examined the other side of their CR-39? Nobody but SPAWAR has reported
looking.
I'll be looking on the outside of the cell, using LR-115, instead of
the polycarbonate, because the red cellulose nitrate layer is much
easier to interpret. I'll also use a stack, i.e., two films facing
each other. There will be no way chemical damage could hit these
detectors. Nor could charged particle radiation, for that matter. If
there are 13 MeV neutrons, I should see some knock-on protons, and
maybe some triple tracks.
If the cat doesn't pee in the cell, a stand-in for the myriad things
that can go wrong. This is a hazard of single-effect experiments. What
if Cantwell simply had wet heavy water, i.e., too much hydrogen in it?
What if, what if?
This is why McKubre recommends clean replication first. "Improvements"
just might kill the effect!
It's about time I finish this up, I've let this and that stop me. No
more. The run will start this month, God willing and the creek don't
rise.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 1, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
Abstract and slides:
Cantwell, R. and D. McConnell. Search for charged particle emissions
resulting from Pd-D Co-Deposition (PowerPoint slides). in ACS
National Meeting. 2011. Anaheim, CA.
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/CantwellRsearchforc.pdf
- Jed
