[AR] Re: NASA test of quantum vacuum plasma
- From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:20:00 -0700
Monroe L. King Jr. wrote:
[re. Pd/D electrolytic "cold fusion" experiment]
> Some people might tell you you need a neutron detector, you don't if
> you get something worthwhile you'll get a flash burn of the palladium
> anyway.
>
> Humm you sure about that? I don't think anything or any alloy has more
> of an affinity for hydrogen. Got some info on that? I guess that was in
> the late 80's I tried that. Perhaps there is some new (old) data?
>
> At the time that was a pretty hot experiment. I remember the joke about
> the slightly used Tokamak for sale. Yeah they really thought they had
> something. So did I for a while there.
Folks who have kept trying occasionally have reported results... it seems
to be a "weak signal" effect, the conditions for it to actually occur are
not well understood, but may involve a modification of the Pd surface after
prolonged electrolysis. (It's hard to believe everyone is faking consistently
erratic results; it's more like there's some "missing factor", without which
it's sort of like solid-state rectification in the days of the "cat whisker"
detectors: move around the contact point on the surface of the galena crystal
and try to find an active spot...).
I'm reminded of experiences of various workers with peroxide monopropellant
catalyst rockets: ah, traces of phosphate in the H2O2 seem to be "poisoning"
the catalyst... no wonder the engine performance was so consistently erratic!
-dave w
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