Note that Ed left a comment here: http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/follow/177-write-up-of-eu-cell-baselines
As follows: A calorimeter has a response time to reach equilibrium. No data are valid until equilibrium is reached. What is the response time of this calorimeter? Because of this property, calibration must be taken going up in temperature and then going down, with the two results averaged. Was this done? Scatter in this data gives a measure of the random error. What is this error? The inner glass temperature is determined by convection currents and these currents will be different for the calibration wire and the Celani wire. Consequently, the test of the Celani wire needs to be done while most heat is applied to the calibration wire. Was this done? The situation is similar to that in an electrolytic cell in which gradients present in the electrolyte compromise the temperature measurement of the electrolyte. In your case, these gradients alter the temperature of the inner wall. As a result, delta T is not reproducible and not related to the calibration.
