Mitchell Swartz <[email protected]> wrote:
> For those seriously interested, two papers explain WHY and HOW > Jed Rothwell erroneously measured his "kilowatt" levels of > pseudoexcess heat with Ni-beads using an improper vertical flow > calorimetric system . . . > The water was not flowing vertically or in any other direction. It was in a cup. I diverted the flow into the cup, stirred it with the thermometer and measured the temperature. While I diverted it, I measured the flow rate with a stopwatch. Then I measured the temperature in the reservoir. There is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY no way the Swartz theory regarding vertical flows can apply to this method. I repeat: the water was IN A CUP. NOT FLOWING. I realize that Swarz will repeat this ad nauseum. I am sorry to trigger this, but I wanted to set the record straight. I do this because it has been some time since this topic came up, and I am sure that people will raise equally idiotic objections to Rossi's calorimetry. - Jed
