Info on cold fusion

[keithturtle]

I don't have much faith in Pons/ Fleischmann flavored CF.   There was jes too much shabby science in their approach.   Where's the replication?

The plasma phenomenon oughta be tested for He, for that would validate actual "fusion".   Apart from that, I'll be content to reap the heat outa the reactor, calling it "whatever".

Turtle

[therealrasta]

In another thread I posted this:

G'day all,

The article below was posted on the newsgroup; sci.physics. fusion.

If someone has some palladium wire around and access to
some hydrogen this would be a simple experiment.

"Cold Fusion
The theory of cold fusion is that when hydrogen is adsorbed into
palladium
metal the hydrogen atoms get mixed with the electron "gas" in the
metal so
that the protons are able to pack close together so that meson
tunnelling
occurred. This makes a proton-proton atom (it is at a lower energy
level
than two separated protons) which then emits a positron to form
deuterium
which sits at a lower energy level level than the two hydrogen nuclei
it
came from.

The deuterons fuse in a similar way to form helium at a lower energy
again.

The positrons emitted combine with electrons emitting two gamma
photons at
the annihilation frequency the recoil of the nuclei formed make the
reaction
hot and some gamma photons escape.

If you put hydrogen in a tube with palladium filament suspended
inside after
a few days the filament glows red hot and after a while goes white
hot and
makes a very good lamp.

If I recall, I did this experiment at a government lab, somewhere in
England
in about 1969. I was severely punished for my invention and put on
routine
test work.

They said my invention was "strategic" and I should say nothing for
thirty
years.

Times up!

Chris."



Let's see what comes out of this one

Hans von Lieven




What do you guys think about this, and it is all done without the use of Deuterium.

Hans von Lieven

So, its been 30 years.. That sounds like it would be a great source of power. I am wondering why you have not tried playing around with this idea and concept further.