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into the Google search box. Ludwik ======================================= On Dec 13, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Jones Beene wrote: > Many large cities have a group-oriented communication vehicle called > “meetup.com” which brings together a range of participants to discuss > specialized interests in arcane fields. For this kind of thing to work for > LENR, it probably requires an geographical area with a population base of > several million plus a high-tech orientation. And it looks like the > open-source movement, popularized by MFMP, has been an impetus for bringing a > lot of experimenters together. > > Yesterday a formative group in the SF Bay area met and heard presentations by > Jeff Morriss on his Parkhomov/Celani-type experiments and results; Robert > Ellefson on his Experimental design in progress, and Gene Thiers on his > experiences at SRI and measurement/ instrumentation for Cold Fusion > experiments during the early days of LENR of Pd-D. > > To cut to the chase, since Bob is not yet collecting data – Jeff Morriss > (Intel) has put together a very capable system but has not yet seen thermal > gain. He is of the opinion that Parkhomov (assuming that he did see the > reported gain) got lucky with surface chemistry – which unfortunately he > (Parkhomov) has been unable to duplicate. Jeff intends to embark on an > Edisonian approach, now that he is completely confident in his calorimeter. > That would include altering surface chemistry of the nickel powders. > > Jeff Morriss is in a perfect position to make a breakthrough, since like > Edison he has already tried many things which do not work and has complete > confidence in his system. His approach is strong on computerized control and > diagnostics, as would be expected from an Intel alum. A number of these > potential options – moving forward – were talked about at the presentation. > > Gene Thiers strongly recommended adding a percentage of palladium and > deuterium to ANY EXPERIMENT, simply because it is known to work. IOW – even > if you are basically trying to find gain from Ni-H, using a Parkhomov > influenced design, Gene’s advice is to add a percentage of palladium and > deuterium to the fuel mix, since… (this is one interpretation) having any > positive gain at all could have a quantum probability enhancement to the bulk > of the experiment. > > I think that is good advice. It would be very useful if someone would take > the initiative to supply preloaded Pd powder for such a purpose. I know of 6 > high quality experiments which are either underway or will be soon, in this > area (including Brillouin). This gives hope that - despite the growing > pessimism about Rossi replications, one of these efforts will see gain which > is believable. If so, the success will probably be attributable more on the > early work with Ni-H (i.e. Thermacore, Piantelli, Mills etc) than on any > improvement to this line of work coming from Rossi. > > Of course, if adding Pd-D to what is otherwise a Ni-H “glow tube” ends up > making the glow tube work, when otherwise it was not working - then we will > have another valuable datum to add into knowledge base. The concept of > “quantum probability enhancement” is something which has been proved to work > in LENR. ... Rusi T. used increased the neutron yield in his cavitation > experiments by "seeding" the liquid > > with a tiny secondary source of radiation. The results were then found to be > > orders of magnitude greater, when the contributing source was factored out. > He got criticism for that - but the idea behind it is arguably sound, so to > speak. See I.E. # 1, p. 46, "Cold Fusion in a 'Ying Cell' and Probability > Enhancement by Boson Stimulation," by Nelson Ying and Charles W. Shults III… > > (Good grief … probably not that Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown… >
