Breakthrough on cold fusion, did someone let the cat out of the bag?

[Radar]

well did you try it?

[Prophmaji]

I need a few more minutes.....

[Omega_0]

This is interesting. I dug out the original usenet post. Its here:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.fusion/browse_thread/thread/60826e9a8bf7f331/76f4b2273771b95f?lnk=gst&q=palladium&rnum=9#76f4b2273771b95f

Strangely it has only one reply. People are not interested? Strange. Because its so simple.
Even platinum absorbs huge amount of H2. Works best with powered metal.

IMO, a way to confirm that this is indeed fusion, one must collect the He gas which should come out. It will be a sure sign of fusion occurring. So the question is how to detect it without using expensive spectroscopy etc, He never reacts with anything AFAIK.

[Nutcracker]

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 it makes a good lamp, How bright is it, and how long will it last?  Would it be good enough to replace current lamps? If it is bright enough, say a 60w or 75w bulb could be replaced and that is equivalent to 60w or 75w of electricity usage for lights.

Just my thoughts, but probably not likely because of the Gamma that is put off as well...  :-\

[wile_coyote7]

Hmmm.....according to the wikipedia article cited above:

"The largest use of palladium today is in catalytic converters. Much research is in progress to discover ways to replace the much more expensive platinum with palladium in this application."

Sooo......somebody crack open an old catalytic converter and get the palladium out of it.

I also had an idea: What happens if you put this palladium into water? The wiki article also states, aside from the hydrogen absorbtion,  that "This metal also does not react with oxygen at normal temperatures (and thus does not tarnish in air)." Maybe it will react with the hydrogen in water?

Just a thought.