Mattia Rizzi <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Academic science is a small world. Everyone knows everyone else. > > There are a lot of people capable to do a simple calorimetric test. > The initial tests from December to February were fairly simple, but the next round, opening up the cell and so on, will require expert knowledge. But you are missing the point. It is politically impossible for anyone other than Focardi or Levi to do this. No one would conduct this test because it is related to cold fusion. A grad student or professor without tenure would be fired for doing that, and an other professor would be ridiculed and savagely attacked. For the same reason, funding for this experiment can only come from Rossi himself. > It's physically possible. > In February test (the PRIVATE test) the second temperature probe was put > *inside* the reactor. > A few people have criticized this but other experts say it makes no difference. I agree with the latter. At that flow rate and temperature difference (5°C) the temperature throughout the system had to be uniform. It wouldn't matter where you put the probe. Also, when the cell produced 130 kW the temperature was much higher and you could easily confirm it by touching the outlet pipe anywhere. It would not cool down before it reached the sink. > An independent examiner shoud place temperature probes OUTSIDE reactor, as > prudential check. Levi trusted Rossi. > No, he trusted his own thermocouples, and sense of touch. > >get 1 GW of chemical energy from a 1 liter cell > > You are confusing power with energy. > Yup! I already caught that. I wish this discussion group allowed editing to erase typos and stupid mistakes. - Jed
