On May 9, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Alain Sepeda <alain.sep...@gmail.com> wrote:
It is experuimental anomalies, proven far below 50sigma, with many
kind of anomalies proven, correlation with real-world factors and
not with possible artifact source...
The role of correlation and real-world control factors is often
overlooked, even by supporters. This is critically important. Cold
fusion heat with the Pd-D system is correlated with several control
factors, including:
* Heat appears with D but not H.
This is not true. Heat has been measured when H is used.
* Heat only appears with high loading.
This is only true during electrolysis. Although loading is important,
high loading is not required when other methods are used, presumably
because a larger concentration of NAE is present.
Here is the critical thing about these control parameters: they
cannot affect temperature measurements. They cannot cause an
artifact that looks like excess heat.
True
There may be minor differences between the thermal properties of
heavy water and light water, but they are not enough to explain
excess heat measured with an isoperibolic calorimeter. Even if you
insist could be a factor, it would be crazy to suggest the
difference between heavy and light water might explain heat measured
outside the cell walls with a flow or Seebeck calorimeter.
A calorimeter is not affected by the source of energy. A calorimeter
simply detects and measures heat energy from any source. To think
otherwise would be like claiming that the length of a pipe would be
determined by its material rather than by the ruler used for the
measurement.
Ed Srorms
There is no way cathode loading can affect the performance of any
kind of calorimeter.
(Alain: You should use an English spell check program. I depend on
one!)
- Jed
