Not LENR.
If what was reported by LeClair actually happened, which is
substantially in doubt, no independent account has come to light, and
LeClair's reports are full of unsupported and wild theoretical
interpretations shallow on actual experimental evidence, this would
not be LENR at all, but bubble fusion.
Bubble fusion is hot fusion, and would produce the normal hot fusion
radiation. Indeed, neutron production has been the alleged sign of
it, in what reports we have.
It should be easy to scale the "LeClair effect" down in order to
avoid danger. LeClair reportedly creates bubbles using a laser and
focuses the collapse energy on a target, so he can readily control
the number of reaction opportunities. From the Nanospire reports of
energy release, massive radiation would be expected. If he exposed
himself and his partner to such radiation, as he claims, it was quite
foolish. I.e., they were unprepared for success, while trying to
demonstrate it.
Even less can be concluded from the Nanospire reports than from the
reports from Rossi and Defkalion. In the latter case, at least, there
were independent witnesses to alleged power generation, though no
independent confirmation (i.e., fraud or puffery remain possible).
And it would be LENR, if real.
At 03:49 PM 5/25/2012, Alan J Fletcher wrote:
At 12:41 PM 5/25/2012, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Alan J Fletcher <<mailto:a...@well.com>a...@well.com> wrote:
Any other links to "labs blowing up" and "window melting" ?
I don't know about windows melting.
There's also :
Re: [Vo]:the desktop supernova - The Mail Archive
http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg64497.html
Points to :
http://pieeconomics.blogspot.com/p/cold-fusion-comedy.html
UPDATES:
2/22/12: A new NanoSprire
<http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=44551>press
release http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=44551 states:
"Nanospire has announced that its investigative study on fusion
created by cavitation in water has come to an end."
It's good that they have stopped testing for now. During the nuclear
fusion reaction that occurred when they did their test, "Hundreds of
wave trains and vortices appeared everywhere and are permanently
burned into walls, objects and trees surrounding the lab."
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