Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
As to calorimetry, it's one thing to accurately measure total excess
heat, it's another to identify heat itself at the cathode.
The cathode is the only conceivable source of excess heat in these
systems. This has been verified by many different methods, such as
observing boiling water in transparent cells undergoing heat after
death. No other surface in the cell is hot. It is also verified by
removing everything from the system except the saturated deuteride,
in the gas loading systems.
It's crucial to develop other signatures of NAE, one is not enough
for rapid development in this field. It doesn't matter greatly if
the other signatures "prove" nuclear activity. It does matter if
they are strongly associated with NAE. That's why I'm looking for
sound, because SPAWAR has reported anomalous shock waves detected by
a piezo detector made into a codep cathode.
Yes, an NAE is essential. If you do not have one then you are wasting
your time. However you do not need to develop a signature for it.
Nature has already shown us the best possible signature. Please
assume the Lotus Position and chant Martin Fleischmann's dictum:
Heat is the principal signature of the reaction
Heat is the principal signature of the reaction
Heat is the principal signature of the reaction
Heat is the principal signature of the reaction
Heat is the principal signature of the reaction
Got that? Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.
Look for it. If you find excess heat, you have a cold fusion
reaction. If you do not find it, you have no reaction or perhaps your
calorimetry is not sensitive enough. Do not look for other signatures
until you have confirmed the principal signature.
With the proper equipment, such as a micro calorimeter, you can
measure very low levels of heat. Robert Duncan told me that decades
ago he was measuring pico-Watts with confidence.
Of course such instruments and experiments are expensive and
difficult. However one good professional expensive experiment is
worth 1000 amateur ones, in my opinion. People looking for neutrons
from the code that the system should first confirmed there is excess
heat from it using the best calorimeter they can get their hands on,
and then they should use the best electronic neutron detection system
they can get. If you cannot afford electronic gadgets you are
probably coming to this field 19 years too late to make a useful
contribution. Amateur experiments have caused more harm than good,
except for the ones conducted by high school kids at Portland State University.
Regarding the use of radioactive isotopes for any purpose other than
the intended one, my advice is to take Horace Heffner's advice to
take someone else's advice. As Horace says there are "federal, state,
and local laws and regulations with regards to sale, transport,
disposal and specific use or planned use by isotope kind and quantity."
There are laws rules and regulations about just about everything
these days including how to spray bugs in your kitchen. That is the
kind of high-tech world we live in. Perhaps it is a good thing or
perhaps not, but that is how things are. When I see how stupid people
are, and I think about all the foolish, hazardous and destructive
things we used to do, such as smoke cigarettes and drive without
seatbelts, I sympathize with the lawmakers trying to legislate away
all of life's risks. But I think their goal is unattainable in their
methods may actually increase risk. As I noted here previously, I
have encountered 12-year-old children who have never used a kitchen
knife to cut a watermelon because their parents and society are so
protective. This does not make them safer in the long run.
- Jed
