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Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion
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| 05/27/2008
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Posted on 05/27/2008 1:35:26 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Have at it!.........
To: Red Badger
Bridge for Sale!! Bridge for Sale!!
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05/27/2008 1:38:37 PM PDT
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gracesdad
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:39:29 PM PDT
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Lazamataz
(Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
To: Red Badger
Palladium and Unobtanium...
To: Red Badger
Just once I want one of these unlimited energy ideas to really bear fruit.
To: gracesdad
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:40:19 PM PDT
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null and void
(Capitalism=>Audi, BMW, Porsche, Volkswagon. |WALL| Communism=>Trabi. Any questions?)
To: Red Badger
Nuclear power plants use the heat from the reaction to generate steam to turn the turbine to generate electricity.
What benefit would cold fusion bring to the world if it did exist?
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:40:46 PM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Red Badger
I smell a huge government grant. More study needed don’tcha know.
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05/27/2008 1:41:11 PM PDT
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mc5cents
(Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
To: Red Badger
I suppose it's not impossible, but I find it hard to believe that a molecular catalyst could suffice to overcome nuclear reaction activation energy. It would be great if true, then all of this ethanol hokum could be put to rest.
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05/27/2008 1:41:48 PM PDT
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from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: CollegeRepublican
Just once I want one of these unlimited energy ideas to really bear fruit. ...or even vegetables........
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:42:24 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
To: Red Badger
Apparently that is what Mr. Fusion works on....
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:44:01 PM PDT
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Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: thackney
A larger “cold fusion” reactor could generate heat to power steam turbines without all that messy radiation and stuff like nuclear wastes.............;^)
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:44:33 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
To: mc5cents
I think it would be money that was better spent on studying cow farts.......;^)
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:45:57 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
To: Red Badger
This seems to be similar to the first cold fusion experiment. Several critical items were left out of the description, perhaps to conceal problem areas.
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05/27/2008 1:45:57 PM PDT
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RightWhale
(You are reading this now)
To: CollegeRepublican
...and stale beer, don’t forget the stale beer..................
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:46:40 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
To: Red Badger
“pynco”
I’m going to start a new, pro fusion, advocacy group. It will be called;
Code Pynco. Or maybe Cold Pynco.
To: Red Badger
I've yet to see a cold fusion experiment where they measured the particle flux from the reaction vessel. That's the key.
D-D fusion must emit certain particles, and likewise D-T and T-T. To date nobody has run an experiment using readily available particle spectrometers. There have been a few half-hearted measurements of induced activity, but no “real” measurements.
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05/27/2008 1:47:47 PM PDT
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DBrow
To: Red Badger
Interesting. This is one of those physics effects that I do not believe to be true, but would be happy to be proven wrong about. There are a number of things, however, which need to be verified beyond the heat.
1) Presence of Helium: Obviously, if it is fusion, then there should be fusion byproducts.
2) Presence of Radiation: One of the big problems with believing the initial experiments is the fact that Pons and Fleischmann should have died from the neutron radiation generated. In D-D experiments, equivalent gamma radiation is expected to occur, although it would not be nearly as dangerous.
3) Variation according to concentration of Deuterium: How does the reaction rate vary according to the amount of D inserted? This should give important information regarding the reaction.
I assume that they have already tested for a different reaction given D as opposed to normal Hydrogen. It isn't explicitly stated in the article, but is highly implied from the context.
Even if the experiment turns out not to be cold fusion and is normal electrochemistry in disguise, explaining it should significantly improve our understanding of electrochemistry in certain contexts. Therefore, by making it duplicatable, at least some real science can come out of this whole mess. These scientists deserve reasonable praise even if it turns out not to be fusion.
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05/27/2008 1:48:34 PM PDT
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Netheron
To: CollegeRepublican
Of course all these cold fusion experiments have worked but the evil oil companies have bought them up and is hiding them to make us buy more oil. Waahhahhahha
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posted on
05/27/2008 1:48:41 PM PDT
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jbwbubba
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