My primary observation about the Budko-Korshunov experiment(s) is that it is reporting on a variable space that has never been reported to show XH. The temperature was too low and the pressure was too high to replicate positive experiments with Ni + LiAlH4. The experimenters could not hope to reproduce the Piantelli reports with the described apparatus. Low temperature Ni-H XH is only credibly reported by Piantelli with his unique apparatus. Of course, Rossi claims low temperature XH, but there has been no paper disclosing the fuel or conditions nor, any replication of his low temperature Ni-H claims - relegating his work to unreliable hearsay about something undisclosed.
The authors inadequately described their apparatus to fully understand the geometry of their SS reactor vessel. Hypothetically, using a thick stainless steel vessel for the fuel would interfere with application of all but the lowest frequency stimulus to the fuel (the SS container will not be magnetic, but will be a conductor even at high temperature). The low frequency DC pulses and low frequency AC magnetic fields would penetrate the SS, but the 20kHz magnetic stimulation may be attenuated (this could all be modeled with a proper description of the apparatus). To Axil's point, there will be no electric field excitation when using a stainless steel reactor vessel. I am not discouraged by this report but I am glad it was published. It is simply a variable space to consider avoiding in future experiments. On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I uploaded the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, Vol. 23: > > http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BiberianJPjcondensedv.pdf > > I regret to say that it includes yet another study of Ni-H that showed no > excess heat: > > Budko, K. and A. Korshunov, *Calorimetric Investigation of Anomalous Heat > Production in Ni-H Systems*. J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci., 2017. *23*: > p. 85-90. > > http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BiberianJPjcondensedv.pdf#page=90 > > - Jed > >
