On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote:
I do not think you could detect this, even with the best mass spectrometer > and a tightly sealed cell. Helium is ubiquitous and after strenuous efforts > to remove it, the background would probably be far higher than the amount > produced in this reaction. > Just curious -- are your comments in the context of detecting helium in an NiH experiment, or in general? Early on there was a debate on helium production in PdD, and some important researchers (Miles, McKubre, etc.) have weighed in on the question positively. In my own reading I got the impression somewhere along the way, though, that it will be difficult at best to obtain an unequivocal helium signal in any experiment, for the reasons you mention. Eric
