Dr. Melvin Miles has written a new paper - this is a preprint which does not use the words "cold fusion" but it appears in the references. For this analysis, a period of no significant excess heat is needed. Sadly this same manuscript was submitted to arXiv, but was rejected, as has happened with Dr. Miles' submissions there before. Next move? He will try to have this manuscript accepted for publication by a higher ranked scientific journal. This manuscript shows that the basic calorimetric equations developed for cold fusion studies are correct and should be considered for applications to other electrochemical reactions. It was posted on November 17, 2019.
https://chemrxiv.org/articles/…D2O_Electrolysis/10269713
Electrochemical Isoperibolic Calorimetry For D2OElectrolysis
Melvin H. Miles
College of Science and Technology
Dixie State University, St. George, Utah 84770, U.S.A.
Equations developed for isoperibolic electrochemical calorimetry were tested for the electrolysis of D2O in an open calorimetric cell. The derivatives of these equations gave correct values within the experimental error range for the important rate of change of the cell temperature with time (dT/dt). In addition, these calorimetric equations were also tested directly in determining the enthalpy change (ΔH) for the D2O electrolysis reaction. The mean experimental value at 298.15 K was ΔH = 294.4 ± 0.3 kJ/mole. This compares favorably (within 0.10%) with the literature value of ΔH = 294.600 kJ/mole. The accuracy of these ΔH measurements could be even further improved by more accurate cell voltage and cell temperature measurement.
