Michel, It might be more helpful if you would say how you would title the paper. Harry
Michel Jullian wrote: > It follows that saying "palladium was electrolyzed in D2O+LiOD" is like saying > "a blood tester was analyzed in blood", sounds absurd doesn't it? If it's too > late to correct your book for such absurdities, could you correct at least the > paper so it doesn't disgrace the lenr.org library? > > Michel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michel Jullian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:13 PM > Subject: [Vo]: Re: Ed Storm's confusion (was Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. > Michael Shermer) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edmund Storms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: Re: Ed Storm's confusion (was Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic > Dr. Michael Shermer) > >> Michel, electrolysis is a process. When I said palladium was >> electrolyzed, I'm saying that palladium was subjected to the process of >> electrolysis. This is a common usage that I don't think is important >> enough to debate. > > Ed, this is not even open to debate. If it was a common usage among > professional electrochemists, which it isn't fortunately, then it would be a > common mistake. Believe the man who invented the terms rather than the first > ignoramus who "electrolyzed palladium" whoever that was: > > "Many bodies are decomposed directly by the electric current, their elements > being set free; these I propose to call electrolytes ([Greek: elektron], and > [Greek: lyo], soluo. N. Electrolyte, V. Electrolyze). Water, therefore, is an > electrolyte. [...] Then for electro-chemically decomposed, I shall often use > the term electrolyzed, derived in the same way, and implying that the body > spoken of is separated into its components under the influence of electricity: > it is analogous in its sense and sound to analyse, which is derived in a > similar manner." > > Faraday, Michael, Experimental Researches in Electricity. Seventh Series, > Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1776-1886), Volume > 124, 01 Jan 1834, Page 77, reprinted in: > > Faraday, Michael, Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1, 1849, > freely accessible Gutenberg.org transcript > http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14986/14986-h/14986-h.htm > > Controversy solved? > -- > Michel >
