Posts by Alan Smith

Our problem is revealed above - we were using 20% HCl, you used approximately 5%,

This is a good overview of the foundations of the field, by @Jed Rothwell, a member of this forum.

I suspect that Stevenson wasn't using 20% of pure HCl -but 20% of some lower-strength acid.

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if the HCl concentration was too high, the iron would be dissolved away from the cathode at low currents.

That's quite correct. Weaker electrolyte and more 'free' iron ( from anode dissolution) should be the difference.

Some good news from Frank today- work is continuing on the LEC and there are signs of increased interest and support since the ARPA-E meeting. Matt and I are back on the case tomorrow too.

IMPORTANT.

On Sunday 14th of November this thread will be merged with the 'Playground' thread. That means Covid discussions can carry on there, no posts will be lost. The merged thread will still be called the Playground.

This is a team decision, and we are doing this for a number of reasons but most importantly the following two. Firstly, it is off topic - I confess never thought that it would be any more than a five-minute wonder, let alone attract 18,000 posts! But this is primarily a forum dedicated to LENR not to medicine, so it does not belong as a permanent feature with a dedicated space.. Secondly, the thread has given rise to many complaints about content, from inside and from outside the forum, for some reason there are those who think that insulting language is acceptable. Here, it never is.

In the event of some startling change in the course of the pandemic - the emergence of a new lethal strain or a plague of long-Covid zombies we will certainly consider opening a new Covid thread as a temporary emergency measure -which is what this one was going to be -- but until the ghouls start walking the streets - posters should seek shelter in the Playground.

You are of course, free to continue posting here till next Sunday - don't forget to be nice!

Also interesting is the fact that the deposits in your post #110 above appear to form a helical structure around the cathode- almost as if following the 'left hand rule'.

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It really depends on the set up. In theory, if I cut the outlet fan speed in half to my improved Mizuno type calorimeter, I should get double the temperature resolution but half the peak power level. In general, a mass airflow calorimeter can be reduced and calibrated to just the delta temperature scale, without needing to measure air flow or air volume etc just as long as they stay constant.

That would be 'relative thermometry;..it has it's own errors but it works.

Do you think it possible that your sprites are in fact bubbles of CO2 from decomposition of the carbonates - with the gas being forced out of solution by the local high temperatures?

Thank you for this fuller explanation -and in English too. I'll aim to read it over the weekend and hope after that to understand it. .

It's this one (google translate...)

REPEATED LIES NEVER BECOME TRUE, BUT MORE TRUE. I read here at my leisure a little book Alternative energy of the XXI century V.M. Petrova - surprised. There is a good folk wisdom: you can't help but write - don't write. The author even I have not heard, and the editor of the publishing house does not know. Touches in this whole undertaking the words in the preface from publishers, as it were, a Disclaimer - a written disclaimer for possible the delicate consequences of an act as a result of the actions of the person who declared this refusal or third parties. In short, the epidemic of irresponsibility and impunity that swept through all kinds of activities in Russia, including in the field of science. In fact, all these statements laid out on paper are not new ideas, not new points of view, not new interpretations of known experimental data, but retelling the unverified statements of some "scientific" journalists who, for the sake of sensations or imaginary patriotism are ready just for a certain number of printed characters sell your own father. Yeees! The meaning of the printed word is great if money is paid for it! Here's a simple example from this book, where, I'm afraid to even call him the author, let it be retelling, trying to perpetuate blatant lies that are visible to the naked eye any specialist in this field. I'm talking about cold fusion:

Are Maxwell's Equations (as re-written by Oliver Heavyside) universally true? From section 4 of this Royal society 'open-access paper.

A derivation of Maxwell's equations using the Heaviside notation | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Maxwell's four differential equations describing electromagnetism are among the most famous equations in science. Feynman said that they provide four of the…

royalsocietypublishing.org

" The experimental evidence for Maxwell's equations is overwhelming. Furthermore, as the gateway to Einstein's theory of relativity [16], which in itself also brings its own compelling experimental evidence, any speculation about charge creation or the breakdown of Maxwell's equations, is very probably destined to be fruitless. However, because we have derived Maxwell's equations using the conservation of charge as a constraint, we complete the paper by considering what would happen if this constraint did not always apply, or more precisely, where might we look for the breakdown of Maxwell's equations. We suggest that the essence of an entity that has been created is that there should be no experimental methods that can determine the properties of the created entity prior to creation. The probability of the entity's existence can be considered to increase from zero to one. Looking for events described by this language of probability naturally points us towards quantum mechanics. Given that quantum mechanics has been tested to exquisite accuracy and that all known interactions conserve charge, it becomes a remote possibility at best, that we can find charge creation. Alternative tests of Maxwell's equations include looking for the creation of current density, or electric and magnetic waves that do not obey Maxwell's equations. Our best chances are to seek out events that are so difficult to produce that they have not been extensively interrogated experimentally, and hence may offer something completely unexpected. We suggest investigating an Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen experiment [17]. Typically, an entangled electron–positron pair is mixed and prepared as a superposition of states with equal and opposite magnetic moments (or spins). The charges are separated and the magnetic moment or spin of the electron is measured....."

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Louis Pasteur Revisited: A Rebuttal to the Germ Theory of Infectious Disease and its Relevance to the Covid-19 Pandemic

I think this is laughable. Of course there are opportunistic infections, but they are just one cause of sickness.

No more news from Sindre - we are waiting patiently.

REPORT ON FUTURE RISKS - WHO'

Dual-use research of concern (DURC) is defined as life science research that is intended for benefit

but which might be misapplied to do harm (1). Such research has increased substantially in the past two decades. It includes, for instance, synthesis of the poliovirus (2), modification of the mousepox virus (3), production of mammal-transmissible strains of H5N1 avian flu (4, 5) and, more recently,

de-novo synthesis of the horsepox virus (6).Dual-use issues can arise in a range of disciplines,

beyond experiments for gain of function.

WHO both assesses and addresses concernsabout dual use of scientific and technological

developments by setting normative standards,issuing guidance and guidelines and facilitating

discussions among stakeholders. In 2010 WHO issued guidance on responsible research

(7), and, more recently, the WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work (2019-2023)

mandated that WHO should “be at the forefront of … new scientific fields and the challenges they

pose” and should closely monitor and provide guidance on “developments at the frontier of

new scientific disciplines” (8). In 2020, WHO convened discussions with key stakeholder

groups, including funding organizations, scientific journals and scientific academies and councils (9),

and issued guidance on biosafety and biosecurity in biomedical laboratories (10). WHO is currently

developing a new guidance framework on responsible use of life sciences.

We report here the results of an international horizon scanning exercise, organized by WHO

to ensure foresight. The group of experts, from a range of disciplines, undertook a broad

examination of scientific and technological developments that could give rise to concern over

the next two decades and identified 15 priorities.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/346862/9789240036161-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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At higher power levels/electrolyte concentrations the 'sprites' seemed to be generated all round the cathode, not just ejected from below, although I don't have a good video showing this (it can be somewhat observed in the above slow-mo animation as the reaction lights up).

Do you think the sprites may be formed around microscopic pieces of metal ejected from the surface of the cathode?

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I have looked at the financials - lots of red flags in my opinion.

Well, if the financials are poor, and the tech uncertain, you have your amswer.

The problem with Santilli is that he is/was incredibly fond of litigation. JedRothwell could tell something you about that.

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What is done is done, but I need to have truth over speculation or assumptions. Thank you.

i can only suggest you pay for a series of tests. The question is not capable of being answered without in vitro experimental evidence one way or t'other.

ETA- investment advice - as always DYOR. My advice, not for widows and orphans, this is one for your left-over beer money.