Fully agree! In addition, heat is macroscopic result that doesn't say much about the why-what-and-where of the reactions. If the reactions are "few" there will be no heat measured, but the reactions are nonetheless happening! Good grief, we already know measuring heat is difficult..
What I find a disturbing though, is that despite having pretty good accounts of the constituent nuclei, nobody can figure out what the reactions are! I want to liken this to a system of N equations, with N unknowns. And we do KNOW exactly what happens when a nucleus A is hit by a projectile p. Hasn't someone stuck these transmutation percentages into a computer together with ALL known "A + p => B + p" nuclear reactions, already! This would produce a number of more (or less) likely chains of reactions, that together yield the EXACT mass spectrum of the transmutation products. (There are some downsides to this approach of course. Heat is measured now, transmutation products are measured later. For transmutation we need to subtract effects of external ionizing radiation (cosmic, for example), and natural isotope spread of the bulk material, and uncertainties due to impurities.) .s Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:20:32 -0500 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Asked & Answered From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I cannot understand this obsession with excess heat as the sole criteria for the existence of the LENR reaction. Transmutation of elements is undisputable proof of the existence of LENR. This transmutation can be determined with extreme accuracy if its preparation and evaluation are done with care. In many experiments done with spark discharge, exploding foils and other onetime short duration experimental events, excess heat cannot be detected but transmutation can and with great accuracy. Transmutation is the essence and crux of a nuclear event. Cold fusion apologists should switch their line of argument to transmutation from excess heat.
