At 05:08 PM 6/1/2010, Taylor J. Smith wrote:
Would someone please tell me what actually happened at
SRI in 1992?
Actually compared to what?
In 1992 they were running closed cells with catalytic recombiners
that were supposed to keep the deuterium gas oxidized back to heavy
water. Apparently something caused the converter to stop working, so
deuterium gas built up, and, naturally, was mixed with the
also-evolved oxygen. An article you quoted said that it might have
been a piece of teflon causing a blockage. When the researcher picked
up the cell, it jarred it into working again. All at once.
It's unlikely that it was from cold fusion. Just some chemistry.
