Posts by Terniac

I agree with can. To begin with it's a very small field of researchers and there's a lot of skepticism in the general community. Sort of reminds me of some other emerging things in the world like the wright brothers airplane. Totally ignored for a few years 😂 and most researchers are looking for big budgets.

SindreZG , if you have enough interest and can do a demonstration in the USA, maybe you could borrow my UDH system if there are funds for logistics getting it to a lab. Maybe Duncan (?) at Texas tech would host? I don't currently have good lab space. Mike

Excellent Sindre. We need more people studying this!

Go SZG! Go Sveinn! Go Leif!

I have had several lab efforts for UDH over the past 6 years at three universities. I met with professor Holmlid at his lab in 2016. I have had my own positive results using a pulsed laser that from the University of Utah. I am a solid believer. Some years ago I met Sveinn at a vacuum equipment conference in San Jose. When I asked him what kind of particle detector was really needed?... He thought about it for a few moments and he said "CERN". haha l replied, I thought he was joking. But I don't think he was. There's something very interesting going on. I don't think it's scalable for energy production in the near future but obviously it needs serious research work! Mike Taggett

BTW, shouldn't blp have a working product by now?!😂

Definitely definitely not an expert here but I found this with a Google search.

The experimental use exception is a common law exception to the patent-holder's exclusive right of use. It permits the use of another's patented device when such use is for philosophical inquiry, curiosity, or amusement.

They they have no legal standing to stop anybody from doing research. I have lots of business experience and 5 patents issued over the years. Only if a company went into commercial operations with the IP that is when a company would properly lodge a complaint. Go research go!

Great input. A laser, while there is a learning curve, my system was quite simple with one focusing lens, an optical flange window and I had a single axis manipulator so I could move the target laterally so as to be able to have a dozen or so fresh places on the target available without opening the chamber. My University student assistant, who was quite good with all things electronic was very helpful and we did have a charge detector but a 100 megahertz scope I don't believe is quite quick enough. We had an 18 volt negative bias and proper 50 ohm terminations and cabling.

Bottom line I think is, on a bare and fresh target (usually 316 SS x 1mm thick, in my case) there will be a particular signature from the plasma plume. LH says plume particles accelerate from keV range to MeV when RM (not sure) but for sure when UDD forms. This is what we were looking for but we didn't have the expertise to really dial in on it. What we learned was that the ablation of the stainless steel would slow down by 200% to 400% which is remarkable considering it's an invisible layer of hydrogen. Ablation only is not very sophisticated but shows something is happening but with better instrumentation, wouldn't the comparison of the bare target signal (keV) to the one that had the HX (MeV) conclusively show that some kind of new substance was on the metal? It can't be orange marmalade nothing else has been introduced to the system, it must be made of Hydrogen. A new state or phase of hydrogen is a huge deal as we all know. It would sure be nice to get a few more labs to write good papers on the formation of an HX. Mike

Hi all, I have done experimentation and research in this area for over 7 years. Many null results but some very promising results using a pulsed laser and monitoring ablation changes when the proposed dense hydrogen (deuterium) forms. I am an entrepreneur and machine builder, not a trained scientist but I have worked alongside several high-level PhD experimentalists in quality labs. I bring this point up to the handful of researchers in the area from time to time... While we certainly need to consider the theory of what could be happening as we move forward, the first step must be to definitively prove that a unique formation of hydrogen occurs (let's call it Hydrogen-X as a placeholder) HX. Shouldn't this be the principal goal, that the current research community in this field should prove that HX exists? The TOF results as well as ablation time increase, etc. shows that it can be made repeatedly but often there is no baseline to compare to. THEN, the field can move to the next step. I have personally visited over 20 University physics departments during the last 7 years, I can usually get the chair of the department to briefly read an abstract or two but they quickly dismiss it. "Why haven't we heard of this? It sounds sketchy" is the common response. "Well" I say, "you're reading about it now, take a deeper look". But all the data is confusing and extremely specialized. If HX is forming on the surface as RM or UDD on a metal this should be straightforward science to prove or disprove. Then the complex particle analysis can start taking place next.

What are your thoughts about the best way to prove that HX exists? We need the simple detector which is easier said than done. My 2 cents.. Mike