If I had such a method, I would first write a patent. Unfortunately, that is the method we are trying to find. I can make cracks anytime I want but I can not make the most effective distribution at will, although I get lucky sometimes.
Ed Storms On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:58 PM, James Bowery wrote: > I may have inadequately expressed what I was looking for: > > A technique to generate, in a single sample, a wide and relatively flat (very > low kurtosis) distribution of crack sizes (and a large number of such cracks > of course). > > This, as opposed to a wide array of techniques, each of which generates > different but relatively narrow distribution of crack sizes. > > Obviously if you have a sensitive detection technique, like tritium with > scintillation, you would prefer applying a single technique to a single > sample and getting detectable tritium -- however small. > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > I know of no single paper that describes how cracks are formed. However, a > huge literature exists that describe how cracks are produced in materials and > how this destructive process can be avoided. I have 69 papers in my > collection that address this issue. Unless you are prepared to do a lot of > study, an answer to your question is not easy to supply. > > Ed Storms > > On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:39 PM, James Bowery wrote: > >> Is there a paper describing the technique(s) for generating a wide >> distribution of crack sizes? >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> Tritium can not be detected easily using a beta detector. The best way is to >> convert the gas to water and measure the tritium using the scintillation >> metaod. The allows the sample to be studied over a period of time by many >> people if they wish. >> >> Ed Storms >> >> On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:02 PM, James Bowery wrote: >> >>> Perhaps I can illustrate by avoiding thermal detection and going with >>> tritium: >>> >>> Since tritium production is inherently time integrated, setting up a >>> Cravens style dual experiment with a one treated to have a wide range of >>> crack sizes, and both identical in all other respects, puts the primary >>> cost constraint on the beta-emission counter. Can such counters be made >>> economical? >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Ed, I'm attacking a different problem: Cost. >>> >>> Since we're in a quasi-Edisonian phase of scientific research, keeping the >>> cost per experiment as low as possible seems to be the bottleneck to >>> getting a protocol that has reproduces the FPE to any statistically >>> significant degree. >>> >>> Developing a different kind of experimental set up may be the key. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>> wrote: >>> James, I feel much more comfortable using a calorimeter design I can trust >>> and that has been used in the past. The Cravens device is a nice >>> demonstration but it proves nothing. I have made calorimeters that do the >>> job much better and give absolute values for power. No need exists to >>> reinvent. >>> >>> Ed Storms >>> >>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 12:27 PM, James Bowery wrote: >>> >>>> If you are running a Cravens style simultaneous, colocated control >>>> experiment with infinite COP your odds of detecting a tiny temperature >>>> difference economically are vastly improved. Basically you just integrate >>>> the voltage out of a bimetallic (thermocoupling) wall separating the >>>> treated material from the untreated material in a common vessel that >>>> provides a small amount of gas communication between the chambers for >>>> pressure equalization. This is not an expensive device. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> Yes, getting a wide variety of sizes is easy. Getting enough of the right >>>> size in this distribution is the problem. Only a few of the right size >>>> will not give enough energy to be detected. When radiation or tritium is >>>> used to detect the occurrence of LENR, the effect can be seen using fewer >>>> active sites. However, these methods have not been used very often, >>>> probably because the tools and skill are not common. >>>> >>>> Cracks either want to grow larger or sinter and disappear. As a result, >>>> production of LENR is unstable. This makes the effect occur for brief >>>> times, but not long enough to be sure LENR is actually happening rather >>>> than a random event. >>>> >>>> Ed Storms >>>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:28 AM, James Bowery wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Based on my theory, the active material are nano-cracks. Making these at >>>>> the require size is the challenge. Cracks can be made many different >>>>> ways, but getting the right size is the problem. >>>>> >>>>> Might there be a technique that generates a wide distribution of crack >>>>> sizes? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
