DJ Cravens <djcrav...@hotmail.com> wrote: I , of course have a bias, however I would say if you attempt reproducing > the effect you may wish to look over Letts' and my paper: > http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/CravensDtheenablin.pdf >
Excellent advice! Also: http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/StormsEhowtoprodu.pdf However, the key thing is to get good material, and that is not easy. The ENEA makes it, but they only share it with accredited university and national labs. I suppose you might try some Johnson Matthey hydrogen filter palladium. As I said, Martin recommended that. It was the old formula. Perhaps it had trace elements in it that enhanced the reaction. It had more impurities than the modern version. I do not know anyone who has tried the newer filter palladium. It might work just as well as the old stuff, or better. I would like to find out. Tanaka Precious Metals might be interested in a cooperative set of experiments. Bear in mind that the procedures described by Storms take considerable expertise, and a lot of time. About a year. He started with ~100 cathodes and winnowed out 4 that worked well. (I think it was 4 . . . I am not in my office so I cannot consult my notes.) These 4 worked consistently and repeatedly. I think it is fair to say as a result of these tests, reproducibility increases to 100%. You have to leave behind ~96% of the starting cathode material, but what you end up with always works. As you see in the paper, the winnowing process does not involve simple trial and error cold fusion electrochemistry. It is as if Storms runs 100 cells to find 4 that work. He does other diagnostic tests that tell him in advance whether cathode will or will not work. These tests are similar to the ones recommended by Cravens. - Jed
