Perter, what you say is not true based on my understanding. Cracks can be made stable. However, LENR does have a lifetime problem that will limit the upper temperature and/or the time before the active material has to replaced.
Yes, I know that some people including yourself think PdD and NiH are different. I have no proof at this time, but I prefer to believe that Nature does not have more than one mechanism to initiate nuclear reactions in a material. I also can identify the requirements a mechanism must met in order not to violate accepted natural law and present observations. So far, I see no reason for PdD and NiH to be different. I'm waiting for someone to look for deuterium and tritium production in the NiH system and report the result in a way that can be understood and evaulated. So far, we only have personal comments. Ed Storms On Mar 22, 2014, at 3:12 PM, Peter Gluck wrote: > Dear Ed, > > The most dangerous aspect of the addiction of CF to cracks is that caracks > are destroying the active material, so technologically speaking the crack > theory is a death sentence. It can be true for palladium, but less noble > transition metals are working hopefully in a different way. PdD and NiH are > probably quite different species. > Peter > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > If I had such a method, I would first write a patent. Unfortunately, that is > the method we are trying to find. I can make cracks anytime I want but I can > not make the most effective distribution at will, although I get lucky > sometimes. > > Ed Storms > > On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:58 PM, James Bowery wrote: > >> I may have inadequately expressed what I was looking for: >> >> A technique to generate, in a single sample, a wide and relatively flat >> (very low kurtosis) distribution of crack sizes (and a large number of such >> cracks of course). >> >> This, as opposed to a wide array of techniques, each of which generates >> different but relatively narrow distribution of crack sizes. >> >> Obviously if you have a sensitive detection technique, like tritium with >> scintillation, you would prefer applying a single technique to a single >> sample and getting detectable tritium -- however small. >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> I know of no single paper that describes how cracks are formed. However, a >> huge literature exists that describe how cracks are produced in materials >> and how this destructive process can be avoided. I have 69 papers in my >> collection that address this issue. Unless you are prepared to do a lot of >> study, an answer to your question is not easy to supply. >> >> Ed Storms >> >> On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:39 PM, James Bowery wrote: >> >>> Is there a paper describing the technique(s) for generating a wide >>> distribution of crack sizes? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>> wrote: >>> Tritium can not be detected easily using a beta detector. The best way is >>> to convert the gas to water and measure the tritium using the scintillation >>> metaod. The allows the sample to be studied over a period of time by many >>> people if they wish. >>> >>> Ed Storms >>> >>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 1:02 PM, James Bowery wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps I can illustrate by avoiding thermal detection and going with >>>> tritium: >>>> >>>> Since tritium production is inherently time integrated, setting up a >>>> Cravens style dual experiment with a one treated to have a wide range of >>>> crack sizes, and both identical in all other respects, puts the primary >>>> cost constraint on the beta-emission counter. Can such counters be made >>>> economical? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Ed, I'm attacking a different problem: Cost. >>>> >>>> Since we're in a quasi-Edisonian phase of scientific research, keeping the >>>> cost per experiment as low as possible seems to be the bottleneck to >>>> getting a protocol that has reproduces the FPE to any statistically >>>> significant degree. >>>> >>>> Developing a different kind of experimental set up may be the key. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> James, I feel much more comfortable using a calorimeter design I can trust >>>> and that has been used in the past. The Cravens device is a nice >>>> demonstration but it proves nothing. I have made calorimeters that do the >>>> job much better and give absolute values for power. No need exists to >>>> reinvent. >>>> >>>> Ed Storms >>>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 12:27 PM, James Bowery wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you are running a Cravens style simultaneous, colocated control >>>>> experiment with infinite COP your odds of detecting a tiny temperature >>>>> difference economically are vastly improved. Basically you just >>>>> integrate the voltage out of a bimetallic (thermocoupling) wall >>>>> separating the treated material from the untreated material in a common >>>>> vessel that provides a small amount of gas communication between the >>>>> chambers for pressure equalization. This is not an expensive device. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Yes, getting a wide variety of sizes is easy. Getting enough of the right >>>>> size in this distribution is the problem. Only a few of the right size >>>>> will not give enough energy to be detected. When radiation or tritium is >>>>> used to detect the occurrence of LENR, the effect can be seen using fewer >>>>> active sites. However, these methods have not been used very often, >>>>> probably because the tools and skill are not common. >>>>> >>>>> Cracks either want to grow larger or sinter and disappear. As a result, >>>>> production of LENR is unstable. This makes the effect occur for brief >>>>> times, but not long enough to be sure LENR is actually happening rather >>>>> than a random event. >>>>> >>>>> Ed Storms >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:28 AM, James Bowery wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Based on my theory, the active material are nano-cracks. Making these at >>>>>> the require size is the challenge. Cracks can be made many different >>>>>> ways, but getting the right size is the problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> Might there be a technique that generates a wide distribution of crack >>>>>> sizes? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com