Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: Input is clearly being amplified by a positive feedback modality. >
That is true, without doubt. Fleischmann pointed that out in 1990. He triggered the boil-off events with an external heat pulse. It works the same way whether the heat comes from outside or whether it is self-generating in positive feedback as McKubre calls it. No one disputes that heat triggers and enhances the reaction, with Pd-D and Ni-H. But that does not mean you cannot cut off the external heating completely, once you reach the operating temperature. I do not see how an external heat source can be used to control the reaction, because internal heating soon overtakes it in any case. If positive feedback can cause an out-of-control reaction (such as an explosion), I do not see how external heating can prevent that. It is not clear what the control factors are, but I am sure the reaction can be controlled. It does not always run out of control and explode, so there must be some mechanism preventing that. It is not like putting a flame to loose gunpowder. - Jed
