--- Horace : > Well, there is the case of fractofusion, but that is not an excess heat phenomenon and arguably not even a cold fusion phenomenon.
OK - Here is some of what I was referring to, this from Frisone in Italy: "Theoretical model of the probability of fusion between deuterons within deformed lattices with micro-cracks at room temperature" There are many other hits using the keywords "LENR" and "microcracking" which I have not checked on. I am pretty sure that Mitchell Swartz has seen similar results to Frisone. "In this work, we wish to demonstrate that a reaction path as the following, dislocations, deformations due to thermodynamic stress and, finally, micro-crack occurrence, can enhance the process of fusion of the deuterons introduced into the lattice by deuterium loading" "In fact, calculating the rate of deuteron-plasmon-deuteron fusion within a micro-crack, showed, together with an enhancement of the tunneling effect, an increase of at least 2-3 orders of magnitude compared to the probability of fusion on the no deformed lattice." Well - That claim (if true) seems to run contrary to what you are saying, despite the lack of direct evidence for excess heat, per se ... unless, of course, the excess heat which is seen without microcracks is derived from a source other than fusion. Jones
