Posted on 04/19/2013 4:54:03 PM PDT by Kevmo
Pamela Mosier-Boss, Frank Gordon, Stan Szpak and Larry Forsley receive US Patent 8,419,919
System and method for generating particles
Publication Date: 04/16/2013, Filing Date: 09/21/2007 - "A method may include the steps of supplying current to the electrodes of an electrochemical cell according to a first charging profile, wherein the electrochemical cell has an anode, cathode, and electrolytic solution; maintaining a generally constant current between the electrodes; exposing the cell to an external field either during or after the termination of the deposition of deuterium absorbing metal on the cathode; and supplying current to the electrodes according to a second charging profile during the exposure of the cell to the external field. The electrolytic solution may include a metallic salt including palladium, and a supporting electrolyte, each dissolved in heavy water. The cathode may comprise a second metal that does not substantially absorb deuterium, such as gold. The external field may be a magnetic field."
This could promise that the usual containment vessels might be quite much smaller, to produce the same amount of energy, theoretically, the size of basketballs!
If one were to be watching the commodity markets for the last few years, the use of palladium as a replacement for platinum has caused a steady growth in trading and speculation of this metal.
Cold fusion does look as a power generator, compared with the attempts to harness thermonuclear reactions (hot fusion), and could possibly be safer, as it seems for the present.
Thius is definitely something worth watching.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-unlimited-energy-8590480.html ~ state of the art in the HOT FUSION CROWD ~ massive multi billion dollar con job consisting mostly of poured concrete on rebar. Bet they build some nice offices in one of the support buildings.
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