Fully agree! In addition, heat is macroscopic result that doesn't say much
about the why-what-and-where of the reactions. If the reactions are "few" there
will be no heat measured, but the reactions are nonetheless happening! Good
grief, we already know measuring heat is difficult..
What I find a disturbing though, is that despite having pretty good accounts of
the constituent nuclei, nobody can figure out what the reactions are! I want
to liken this to a system of N equations, with N unknowns. And we do KNOW
exactly what happens when a nucleus A is hit by a projectile p. Hasn't someone
stuck these transmutation percentages into a computer together with ALL known
"A + p => B + p" nuclear reactions, already! This would produce a number of
more (or less) likely chains of reactions, that together yield the EXACT mass
spectrum of the transmutation products.
(There are some downsides to this approach of course. Heat is measured now,
transmutation products are measured later. For transmutation we need to
subtract effects of external ionizing radiation (cosmic, for example), and
natural isotope spread of the bulk material, and uncertainties due to
impurities.)
.s
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:20:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Asked & Answered
From: janap...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
I cannot understand this obsession with
excess heat as the sole criteria for the existence of the LENR reaction.
Transmutation of elements is undisputable
proof of the existence of LENR. This transmutation can be determined with
extreme accuracy if its preparation and evaluation are done with care.
In many experiments done with spark
discharge, exploding foils and other onetime short duration experimental events,
excess heat cannot be detected but transmutation can and with great accuracy.
Transmutation is the essence and crux
of a nuclear event.
Cold fusion apologists should switch
their line of argument to transmutation from excess heat.
