thanks, Jed, for the correction, because this is such an important issue, maybe you can clarify from Your point of view, why the replications failed.
I have not been near the Max Planck Institute of Plasmaphysics in the 90s, but as far as I can remember, they tried to replicate and failed. This may have been a selfserving failure to replicate. Who knows. We have to keep in mind that scientists have a human bias towards survival, right? As far as my memory on the issue serves, P/F did their experiments mostly in private, and purchased their materials below the radar of officialdom. Eg all my 'official' purchases go through the administration and can be tracked down to the last resistor. Interesting, if You view it this way, which I did not yet. Guenther ________________________________ Von: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: 16:07 Sonntag, 10.Juni 2012 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:discussion about RELIABILITY-cont. Guenter Wildgruber <[email protected]> wrote: As far as memory serves, the Pons/Fleischmann Pd-material has been delivered by an italian manufacturer, who had a very peculiar way of processing the material. >Because P/F were not aware of that, they did not disclose it as relevant. >So also did not the replicators. So they failed. No, it was provided by Johnson Matthey, a precious metals company. It is the type of Pd they use in hydrogen filters, developed in the 1930s. Fleischmann described in some detail. I uploaded his descriptions here a couple of times in the past. Precise details are a trade secret. Other hydrogen filter Pd has worked well. It is not surprising. The material has all of the characteristics Storms recommends in "How to produce the Fleischmann-Pons effect." - Jed
