Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote: One more minor point about the blank. I just remembered that the amount of > hydrogen Rossi claims is required for relatively short tests is negligible > in terms of heat of adsorption or reaction with nickel -- it's around a > gram if I recall correctly. So it would be unlikely to affect a blank > determination to any significant degree if that matters to anyone.
Perhaps you miss the point about the hydrogen. It has to be completely removed from the Ni or you may get a cold fusion reaction. It will not be blank. It is difficult to remove all the hydrogen. If you are going to do a blank it is better to use virgin Ni in a vacuum that has never had H in it. If someone feels the need to do a comparison, it would be easier to use a joule heater rather than any kind of blank cell. - Jed
