Le Aug 18, 2012 à 4:28 PM, Jouni Valkonen <[email protected]> a écrit :
> But have we looked for helium in Ni-H systems? I would doubt that because > Ni-H is rather new way to produce excess heat and it is not well established. When I looked for helium as an ash from the Ni-H systems sometime back, I could not find anything in Ed Storms's book, and I haven't seen anything since in papers and notes, except a possible negative finding mentioned in the recent slides from Defkalion. But I also wonder whether people have systematically sought it out yet. Much of the focus has been on the possibility of Ni + p -> Cu reactions, in line with Andrea Rossi's explanation. With Celani's use of Cu in the initial mix, however, we have additional reason to be skeptical about this particular pathway. > My bets are still that both systems are based on light element fusion > reactions. Also helium, helium-3, lithium and boron should be researched > well. I think that the evidence for any transmutations of heavy elements is > just too weak and erratic although it should be easily detectable e.g. from > Celani's cell. I am not in a position to assert an opinion here, but the impression I get is that the evidence for transmutations to stable isotopes is solid; see Ed Storms's book for a good discussion. An important difficulty, however, is that the amounts detected cannot explain the levels of excess power observed. (For those wondering whether a shift to unstable isotopes is also possible under certain circumstances, I'm not sure, although I have only seen this reported in two instances by two related groups.) Eric
