Terry, Yes, McKubre's suggested "site" alteration is the most likely reason that so many LENR experiments, going back decades, seem to be unreliable, even when identical experiment works well - at other times. Do you by any chance have a citation for McKubre's observations?
There are two other explanations (beside the site degradation) that are of particular interest. One is "probability alteration" based on quantum entanglement and probability fields. IOW "entanglement" is lost for the entire volume of local space, periodically, and this negatively affect tunneling and other QM reactions. The other is ZPE "depletion" in the sense of a spatial alteration of net amount of surplus vacuum energy. This assumes that although vacuum energy is always high, only a proportion of that which is surplus, or usable. In fact a third explanation comes to mind - as I am typing this, which is based on a new factor that only applies to Ni-H (average hydrogen non-quark mass depletion). More later, Jones -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton > Apparently, this problem of self-extinguishing operation (aka 'quiescence') has not been solved. I have some technical information to share on that subject, for a later post. McKubre has stated that quiescence also occurs in Pd/D reactions which tends to lead one to the conclusion that the reaction sites are somehow altered. It sounds like the knife edge is dulled and needs to be re-sharpened. I suspect that in the Ni/H reaction the surface area is reduced by a melting and "smoothing" action in the nanopowder. T
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