At 01:23 PM 10/30/2009, Jed Rothwell wrote:
If they are not producing heat, they would not produce neutrons either. A person who has not mastered the art of producing heat has not made an NAE and will probably not see any neutrons, tritium, helium or transmutations.
Alchemy, to the extent that it worked, was an art. And there is such a thing as "knowledge of the art," that is necessary to replicate experiments. But the Galileo protocol reduced the art to very specific instructions. Sure, it's still possible to screw them up, but there isn't a lot left to the imagination and personal invention or "art."
That's why I'm grateful for Steve's work. I can sell kits that are simply collections of material for people to do a Galileo replication, but I think they can be made more interesting, and cheaply. But I'm starting with a replication of the more recent variation on Galileo, as to cathode design, but I'm now including to being back with CR-39 inside the cell. I'll explain why later. There is a method to my madness.
In these experiments they stopped measuring heat and started measuring neutrons instead, because you cannot easily do both. I would not call that "moving on." It is looking at the same thing from a different angle, as it were.
I have no idea why it would be difficult to put a piece of CR-39 inside a cell inside a calorimeter. Or to tape LR-115 detectors (or CR-39) on the outside of the cell.
I have not heard that these experiments are more reliable or reproducible than previous ones. They are important of course. It is good that someone is investigating neutrons.
I have read that codep is, properly done, 100%. Neutrons are shaky, because the frequencies are very low ... but wait until there are more results in from gold. Neutrons from gold cathodes are found at far higher levels than with silver. From the reports.
