This is a minor issue compared to the rest of the brouhaha, but I note that Defkalion appears to be changing their tune regarding whether this is cold fusion or something else. In their white paper released in June, they said:
"The field of energy research known as 'cold fusion' has positive and negative connotations. It is also called LENR. Hundreds of man-years of research have been committed to cold fusion, hoping to achieve the ultimate energy dream: limitless energy. However, overall, a stigma has created ambiguous feelings that the researchers aim to reach the end of the rainbow. The science behind the products of Defkalion is not related to cold fusion, even though it is identified as such in current media coverage." When I read that I thought: "Who are they trying to kid? Of course it is cold fusion." I base that on what McKubre calls the conservation of miracles. I assume they were trying to avoid the negative connotations of cold fusion. Their statement is understandable . . . but lame. I regard this as doubletalk. I agree with Jones Beene that it is annoying. Now they say: "Defkalion’s scientific R&D team have successfully managed to trigger and monitor Chemically Assisted Low Energy Nuclear Reactions caused by Nickel and Hydrogen nuclei. Following extensive experimentation on the preparation, cleaning and degassing of Nickel clusters and atomic Hydrogen systems, valuable knowledge has been gained. The data was obtained from conventional, non-specifically designed for LENR instrumentation, such as mass-spectrometer, gas-chromatographer, Wilson camera, SEM spectra and others." That's more like it. - Jed
