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110+ Quotes by Rossi about Gamma Rays and Transmutations On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://cold-fusion.ca/floridagate-puts-rossi-under-scrutiny-299000 > > *“Floridagate” puts Rossi under scrutiny* > > The matter was investigated by Mr James Stokes who reported “Dr Rossi > stated the active ingredients are powdered nickel and a tablet containing a > compound which releases hydrogen gas during the process. The output thermal > energy is six times the electrical energy input. He acknowledged that *no > nuclear reactions occur during the process and that only low energy photons > in the energy range 50-100 keV occur within the device. There are no > radiation readings above background when the device is in operation.*Since > the device is not a reactor, the NRC does not have jurisdiction. Since > there is no radioactive materials used in the construction and no > radioactive waste is generated by it, the State of Florida, Bureau of > Radiation Control has no jurisdiction. *Currently, all production, > distribution and use of these devices is overseas.* Dr Rossi has arranged > to meet with Underwriter Laboratories (UL) to seek approval for > manufacturing in the United States.” > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:52 PM, DJ Cravens <djcrav...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Perhaps Rossi was adding some catalyst. **** >> >> For example, perhaps his source of Ni 62 is slightly radioactive (say it >> was prepared via neutron activation of other Ni isotopes say there was >> some Ni 63m in it).**** >> >> Then it might register when the catalyst was accessed.**** >> >> **** >> >> Dennis**** >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: arnaud.kod...@lakoco.be >> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >> Subject: RE: [Vo]:Celani detects gamma emissions during the January 14, >> 2011 Rossi Test >> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:01 +0200 >> >> >> Thank you Jed to remind me this exchange you had with Celani. I was not >> fully aware of every detail. When I was reading, an idea come to me mind. >> Could it be possible that the secret sauce of Rossi is a gamma emitter? I >> explain myself: Secretly, Rossi could have opened his reactor to adjust >> something inside then closed the reactor back. In the meantime, Celani >> detected an increase of gamma emission. A low frequency gamma (25~50 keV) >> could be easily shielded. If Rossi opened his reactor, then vacuum should >> be applied prior to reload with H2. The noise of a vacuum pump can not be >> hidden easily. Celani and al should have heard it as well. Rossi isn’t fool >> to put air and H2 inside a closed vessel … >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, we don’t have the wavelength of the emission. I don’t want >> to play the sceptic here. Can Celani say that he is sure that Rossi didn’t >> open his reactor while they were waiting behind the door? >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* mardi 21 mai 2013 15:48 >> *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com >> *Subject:* [Vo]:Celani detects gamma emissions during the January 14, >> 2011 Rossi Test >> >> >> >> [Here is a message I posted in 2011] >> >> >> >> Celani detects gamma emissions during the January 14, 2011 Rossi Test >> >> Villa reported no gamma emissions or other radiation significantly above >> background from the Rossi device. Celani, however, said that he did detect >> something. Here are the details he related to me at ICCF16, from my notes >> and with corrections from Celani. >> >> Celani attended the demonstration on Jan. 14. The device did not work at >> first. He and others were waiting impatiently in a room next to the room >> with the device. He estimates that he was around 6 m from the device. He >> had two battery-powered detectors: >> >> 1. A sodium iodide gamma detector (NaI), set for 1 s acquisition >> time. >> >> 2. A Geiger counter (model GEM Radalert II, Perspective Scientific), >> which was set to 10 s acquisition time. >> >> Both were turned on as he waited. The sodium iodide detector was in count >> mode rather than spectrum mode; that is, it just tells the number of counts >> per second. >> >> Both showed what Celani considers normal background for Italy at that >> elevation. >> >> As he was waiting, suddenly, during a 1-second interval both detectors >> were saturated. That is to say, they both registered counts off the scale. >> The following seconds the NaI detector returned to nomal. The Geiger >> counter had to be switched off to “delete” the “overrange,” which was >7.5 >> microsievert/hour, and later switched on again. >> >> About 1 to 2 minutes after this event, Rossi emerged from the other room >> and said the machine just turned on and the demonstration was underway. >> >> Celani commented that the only conventional source of gamma rays far from >> a nuclear reactor would be a rare event: a cosmic ray impact on the >> atmosphere producing proton storm shower of particles. He and I agreed it >> is extremely unlikely this happened coincidentally the same moment the >> reactor started . . . Although, come to think of it, perhaps the causality >> is reversed, and the cosmic ray triggered the Rossi device. >> >> Another scientist said perhaps both detectors malfunctioned because of an >> electromagnetic source in the building or some other prosaic source. Celani >> considers this unrealistic because he also had in operation >> battery-operated radio frequency detectors: an ELF (Extremely Low >> Frequency) and RF (COM environmental microwave monitor), both made by >> Perspective Scientific. No radio frequency anomalies were detected. I >> remarked that it is also unrealistic because the two gamma detectors are >> battery powered and they work on different principles. The scientist >> pointed to neutron detectors in an early cold fusion experiment that >> malfunctioned at a certain time of day every day because some equipment in >> the laboratory building was turned on every day. That sort of thing can >> happen with neutron detectors, which are finicky, but this Geiger counter >> is used for safety monitoring. Such devices have to be rugged and reliable >> or they will not keep you safe, so I doubt it is easy to fool one of them. >> >> Celani expresses some reservations about the reality of the Rossi device. >> Given his detector results I think it would be more appropriate for him to >> question the safety of it. >> >> When Celani went in to see the experiment in action, he brought out the >> sodium iodide detector and prepared to change it to spectrum mode, which >> would give him more information about the ongoing reaction. Rossi objected >> vociferously, saying the spectrum would give Celani (or anyone else who see >> it), all they need to know to replicate the machine and steal Ross's >> intellectual property. >> >> Celani later groused that there is no point to inviting scientists to a >> demo if you have no intentions of letter them use their own instruments. >> (Note, however, that Levi et al. did use their own instruments.) >> >> >> >> Jacques Dufour also attended the demonstration. He does not speak much >> Italian, so he could not follow the discussion. He made some observations, >> including one that I consider important, namely that the outlet pipe was >> far too hot to touch. That means the temperature of it was over 70 deg C. >> That, in turn, proves there was considerable excess heat. McKubre and >> others have said the outlet temperature sensor was too close to the body of >> the device. Others have questioned whether the steam was really dry or not. >> If the question is whether the machine really produced heat or not, these >> factors can be ignored. All you need to know is the temperature of the tap >> water going in (15°C), the flow rate and the power input (400 W). At that >> power level the outlet pipe would be ~30°C. Celani points out that the >> input power was quite unstable, fluctuating between 400 and 800 W, but it >> was still not large enough to explain the excess heat. >> >> Celani did not see the steam emerge from the end of the pipe, but he >> reported the whistling sound of steam passing through the pipe. I think >> there is no question the water boiled, and much of it was vaporized, so >> there was massive excess heat. Celani complained that phase-change >> calorimetry is too complicated, but I think he exaggerates the difficulty. >> I agree that the actual calorimetric method could be improved, especially >> with a 5-minute test of steam sparged into a container of cold water. >> >> Here are a couple of additional comments from Celani: >> >> a) The NaI (Tl) gamma detector had an energy range from 25 to 2000 keV; >> >> b) Celani asked, in several public mail to Rossi, that for a conclusive >> SCIENTIFIC demonstration of such wonderful device, the maximum temperature >> of the outgoing water has to be <90°C so that CONVENTIONAL flow calorimetry >> can be used (rather than phase-change calorimetry). >> > >
