On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Jack Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
But doesn't hydrogen/deuterium absorption by palladium/nickel produce heat? > I'm not saying this is not LENR. I'm trying to see if there are > alternative explanations. > The absorption of hydrogen and deuterium by palladium produces a lot of heat. So heat transients by themselves aren't an indication of LENR. I believe the way to address questions about the importance of this particular process is to measure the heat over time and add it up -- if the total energy implied by a series of temperature readings well-exceeds what can be put out by such a process, then another explanation must be sought. This is where long-running calorimetry becomes important. Eric
