Nick Well, "tile" implies a ceramic - a dielectric. Too bad that it was never understood back then, as it could have saved years. And at the same time we have felt the negative effects of peak oil - which has enriched OPEC by trillions, most of which now shows up as our national debt. This entire predicament was perhaps avoidable in retrospect.
If by some quirk of luck, the Cincinnati method of making the tile was similar to the Arata method, then they could have achieved the same result of having ~5 nm islands of a spillover catalyst (Ni-Pd or other alloy) imbedded in zirconia, which could give positive results. The M.O. seems to be that the spillover catalyst allows gaseous hydrogen to accumulate and densify via 'mirror charge' in a 2D state where protons are only a few picometers apart. The dense clusters - aka 'pycno' are stable up to a moderate 'trigger' temperature, from whence nuclear reactions, but not necessarily known fusion reactions, will follow in time. Perhaps this is aided by Casimir cavities (dislocations or defects in the ceramic). George Miley contemplates making dedicated ICF targets this way, in kind of a continuous manufacturing process. In that plan, the end result will be hot fusion, but using less applied energy, perhaps semiconductor laser arrays. The LLNL nova laser costs billions - imagine doing similar implosions with an array of DVD diodes ... Jones. The "tile burn" was an effect that caused a hole to be burned right thought a ceramic tile (like one you would find in a kitchen or bathroom) using (if I remember rightly) no more than 50 watts input. The effect used a secret sauce but Chris was under an NDA. He did let slip that it was only one substance. Subsequent information from the Cicinatti group about other matters gave me the very strong hunch that their sauce was zirconium related. I saw a tile that Chris had burned a 1cm hole through. Nick Palmer On the side of the Planet - and the people - because they're worth it Blogspot - Sustainability and stuff according to Nick Palmer http://nickpalmer.blogspot.com
