Re: [Vo]:Mengoli paper and the normalization question

2009-05-09 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message From: Robin van Spaandonk In reply to Jones Beene's message IOW - the simplest explanation for LENR is that it is the result of a version of the Oppenheimer-Phillips effect - such that the neutron is stripped non-thermally from deuterium, due to containment and

Re: [Vo]:Mengoli paper and the normalization question

2009-05-09 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 9 May 2009 06:04:41 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] By always there - this would imply that it serves as a trigger for D+D fusion, where the hot alpha from the Pd reacts with an adjacent 'target deuteron' - which is kind of a like nanoscale inertial confinement

Re: [Vo]:Mengoli paper and the normalization question

2009-05-09 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 08 May 2009 11:07:04 -0400: Hi Jed, [snip] I should add that Martin Fleischmann also thinks highly of Mengoli. He considers him one of the world's top electrochemists. Mengoli retired several years ago. At issue has arisen in the discussion of this

RE: [Vo]:Mengoli paper and the normalization question

2009-05-08 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell the palladium isn't the fuel, it's just a catalyst. That is true. Or at least, we hope that is true. I am NOT a big believer in Ockhams razor, but it firmly suggests that palladium is the fuel. IOW - the simplest explanation for LENR is that it is

Re: [Vo]:Mengoli paper and the normalization question

2009-05-08 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 8 May 2009 08:29:33 -0700: Hi, [snip] IOW - the simplest explanation for LENR is that it is the result of a version of the Oppenheimer-Phillips effect - such that the neutron is stripped non-thermally from deuterium, due to containment and near field