It’s a good book so far, I recommend it to anyone interested in this effect. It also has some good illustrations of the different types of cells and experiment setups.
I knew it took a long time for the P&F cell to produce excess heat but it took over 50 days for the power burst so anyone trying to recreate the effect needs to keep that in mind.
The controversy over the original P&F experiment not having a mechanical stirrer doesn’t make sense since they had control cells so not stirring the cells should have had the control cells have the power burst as well. The Baltimore meeting and the attack against both Pons and Fleischmann was really sleazy.
I agree that P&F were handled with sleaze. They did sorta shoot themselves in the foot a couple of times. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, so it’s easy to criticize them for mentioning the word “nuclear” or “fusion”. If they had said that it was a very strong unknown chemical reaction, they’d have broken through. But they were up against entrenched budget infighters that know how to destroy competitors.
“I knew it took a long time for the P&F cell to produce excess heat but it took over 50 days for the power burst so anyone trying to recreate the effect needs to keep that in mind.”
P&F spent over $40 million trying to replicate it and they never could!
“I knew it took a long time for the P&F cell to produce excess heat but it took over 50 days for the power burst so anyone trying to recreate the effect needs to keep that in mind.”
P&F spent over $40 million trying to replicate it and they never could!