Posted on 10/18/2011 3:33:30 PM PDT by Errant
Many research groups have reported excess heat from deuterated palladium using many different experimental techniques. Recently, the Navy's SPAWAR laboratory published experimental results that document the production of nuclear particles, thereby suggesting that nuclear reactions are occurring. However, these observed particle tracks are at levels that are much smaller than would be expected if this excess heat resulted from conventional nuclear fusion. These excess heat reports often vastly exceed that which would likely be produced by chemical reactions or by structural phase transitions in the palladium.
On May 29, 2009, the University of Missouri hosted a seminar titled, "Excess Heat and Particle Tracks from Deuterium-loaded Palladium."
UM has made this seminar available online through a series of videos and Powerpoint slides as presented by the speakers which include:
Robert V. Duncan, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Mr. Lawrence Forsley, President, JWK International Corporation
Pamela A. Mosier-Boss, Ph.D., Advanced Systems and Applied Sciences Division of SSC-Pacific
Frank E. Gordon, Ph.D., Head, Research and Applied Sciences Department, US Navy SSC-Pacific
Edmund K. Storms, Ph.D., KivaLabs, LLC, Santa Fe, NM and Greenwich, CT
Michael C.H. McKubre, Ph.D., Energy Research Center, SRI International
Peter L. Hagelstein, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yeong E. Kim, Ph.D., Purdue University
Mark Prelas, Ph.D., Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri
David J. Nagel, Ph.D., The George Washington University
Peter H. Handel, Ph.D., University of Missouri – St. Louis
(Excerpt) Read more at research.missouri.edu ...
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In before the seagulls. University of Missouri / Navy research... just a bunch of scammers right moonman?
Keep in mind that they’re discussing Deuterium-loaded Palladium and not a Ni+H2 reaction the Rossi device uses. :)
I was the R&D rep for a major aerospace company 20 years ago.
Every lab that I visited including DOE, USAF, and USN, had a couple of experiments in the back trying to understand cold fusion. Such research was kept quiet because of the bad PR. It did not show up in the budgets.
One senior physicist told me, “We don’t understand what is happening, but SOMETHING IS HAPPENING”.
I think the next big breakthrough will be a deeper understanding of the interface between chemistry and nuclear phenomena. I pray that Rossi, et al, are on the right track.
The Navy reported small areas of high activity in experiments some time ago. I guess they still have not figured it out.
The Deuterium/Palladium is well known. Interesting but beyond that ????.
I don't see where they have anything in common with Rossi.
I'm a wee bit skeptical of Rossi and of anything he's involved with. That said, I wish him luck with his combination of elements but not if his motive is to scam investors. If that's the case, I'm pretty sure he will eventually wind up behind bars. The bad publicity will not help further LENR study though, IMO.
It's surprising how much in the dark we are about how it works and how to control it. At the seminar, they call on "nature having a good day" and "muons from space" required to begin the reaction.
LOL
For example, it was claimed 1.5 grams of hydrogen gas was used and this was determined, it was said, by weighing a gas cylinder of 13,606+ grams.
They used a scale sensitive to one half gram of 13,600 grams and more? Really? And there was a control?
The amount of hydrogen inlet is one of the critical factors in whether the Rossi device was actually self sustaining in heat production yet it is passed over with a before and after comment?
thanks for the ping, an oldie but a goodie
The Cold Fusion Ping List
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/coldfusion/index?tab=articles
That’s right. The NiH reaction was much more difficult to replicate than the D-Pd. One of the remarkable things about Rossi’s progress.
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Thanks for posting & bumping the thread, seagull.
the results of 1.5 grams of hydrogen determined by weighing a gas cylinder of 13,606+ grams was well within the margin of error as you suggest.
***I didn’t see a margin of error suggested. Basically, there was very little hydrogen, orders of magnitude less than what it would have taken to generate that much heat chemically. No one cares if it’s +/-1.5 grams of hydrogen when it would have taken 15Kg to produce that much heat.
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