I think Pons & Fleishmann had their meltdown on a relatively very thick piece of Palladium. It was the thickest piece they had experimented on, 1 cubic centimeter IIRC. I know that's only one datapoint, but there could be others if we look for them.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:43 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > The question of whether or not this is a bulk effect can be addressed by > using a very thin plating of active material. If the reaction is similar > with the thin film that you get with a larger bulk, or perhaps even a > thicker plating, then it is surface related. I assume that there is > adequate evidence available at this point from the many experiments that > have been conducted. If this can not be answered at this time I would be > concerned. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 5:22 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III > > We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a > bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving He a way to > escape to the surface? > ***It is possible it's a bulk effect but the evidence is only seen at the > surface. Like a landslide pushing a hundred trees into a river, but the > forces of the river at that point are strong enough to pull the trees > downstream until they cause a backup at the lower energy part of the > system. The causal event took place upstream (or, inside the bulk) but > the observed evidence is downstream (at the surface). > > >> >> >> >> >> >
