At 02:04 AM 12/13/2012, Jeff Berkowitz wrote:
Got from another LENR researcher:
"There are several reported values for the enthalpy of formation
of nickel hydride with -8.8 kJ/mol being the lowest and -16.3
kJ/mol being the highest at standard temperature and pressure."
He went on to show that given a wire containing 0.3g of Ni, enthalpy
could account for less than 10 watts for 10 seconds. I took away
that no matter how you torture the numbers, the resulting values are
going to be orders of magnitude too small to account for Celani-type results.
I have a spreadsheet with the calculations. If anyone wants to see
it I'll go back to him and ask him about sharing.
The heat of formation of nickel hydride will create apparent XP as
loading is increased (i.e., during set-up or later if factors cause
loading to increase), and apparent negative XP as it is decreased.
It's a significant effect that researchers must consider, but it does
not persist, and it is irrelevant when loading is constant.
Generally, cold fusion researchers attempt to measure and monitor
loading. It is typically a critical variable.
