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			<title>98Harry says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-8996</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi blogger, i must say you have very interesting articles here. Your blog should go viral. You need initial traffic only. How to get it? Search for: make your content go viral Wrastain's tools]]></description>
			<dc:creator>98Harry</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ecco says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3814</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Edwin Pell: I haven't checked the paper in detail as I don't know much about nuclear physics (and thus can't judge whether the theoretical explanation is sound or not) and as I am aware that papers written by Widom or Srivastava usually make sense only to a few select people. I was mainly referring to this sentence in the abstract: which might give some clues on the rock samples to preferably choose for the next MFMP experiment.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ecco</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Edwin Pell says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3811</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Under the category of everybody has their pet peeves. In figure 4 they show a four point interaction. There are no four point interactions. There are only three point interactions. That is current current interactions via a force carrier. In this case a 80 GeV W+/-.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Edwin Pell</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ecco says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3802</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@MFMP: this theoretical paper is related to the brittle fracture experiment you're about to perform. It wasn't very clear to me before, but it seems that neutron production appears from fracturing piezoelectric rocks. Quartz has piezoelectric properties: http://iopscience.iop.org/0954-3899/40/1/015006/article Neutron production from the fracture of piezoelectric rocks A Widom, J Swain and Y N Srivastava Abstract A theoretical explanation is provided for the experimental evidence that fracturing piezoelectric rocks produces neutrons. The elastic energy micro-crack production ultimately yields the macroscopic fracture. The mechanical energy is converted by the piezoelectric effect into electric field energy. The electric field energy decays via radio frequency (microwave) electric field oscillations. The radio frequency electric fields accelerate the condensed matter electrons which then collide with protons producing neutrons and neutrinos.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ecco</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jordan D Maiers says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3800</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Ecco @Edwin Pell I really appreciate your interest in my Ni film quest, but unfortunately, it seems the costs outweigh the experimental benefits for us. Getting film that cheap is quite expensive no matter how you look at it, so it looks like we're just going to do the Ni wire cathode experiment. While this is a bit of a bummer, I believe the wire should be a great experiment, Oriani used a wire cathode and claimed to get results in 25 consecutive experiments.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jordan D Maiers</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ron B says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3792</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What would really be cool is if you could get a camera that could shoot 1000 fps and film some slow motion clips from the rock crushing. I think the cameras that can do that are pretty expensive (like 500-1000 dollars). Casio High Speed EXILIM EX-FH25 10.1 MP Digital Camera]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ron B</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Robert Ellefson says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3791</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Angie Savela: From my impression of this experiment's objectives, it would not seem that high accuracy of the measured load imposed is of primary importance. Given this, I would suggest that measuring the load by measuring the hydraulic pressure applied to the known, fixed piston area will provide a sufficiently accurate measurement for documenting your results without needing a load cell. Of course, this point is moot if you do in fact obtain suitable specimens that fail below 50 tons. As for sample isolation, I have very little practical experience in analytic chemistry, far too little to suggest anything with more authority than you possess. Perhaps simply cleaning the apparatus reasonably well between crushing events and using clean sample bags or jars that get sealed immediately following each crushing experiment will suffice? Hopefully somebody with knowledge of any potentially useful analytic techniques will be able to provide further suggestions. I don't know offhand who that would be though...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Robert Ellefson</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Edwin Pell says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3788</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here is a ten pack of 10cm by 10cm by 7.5um nickel for about $250. http://www.advent-rm.com/catalogue/items.aspx?criteria=line&linenumber=NI1872]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Edwin Pell</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 01:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ecco says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3787</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Not an expert, but wouldn't the best procedure to obtain thin strips of metal be through rolling? http://i.imgur.com/I5REMR1.png http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dv3vrUtw0mM/TiLtKa1fzII/AAAAAAAAEjA/aTT6ksVf3a0/s400/190-891LARGE.jpg]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ecco</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Edwin Pell says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3786</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Have you tried working with metal this thin? I think you will find it extremely frustrating.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Edwin Pell</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ron B says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3781</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jordon, Yes, it might take a while but it would sure be nice to be able to control the original material in this way. You can always get these Canadian nickles and I'd bet the uniformity of them would be something you could count on (because they made so many of them). There's discussion of adding more tonnage to the press for the crystal crushing experiment. Possibly you could leverage that to your advantage?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ron B</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jordan D Maiers says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3780</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Ron B That might be a possibility... But 5 micron is extremely thin, and something in me doubts that we're going to be able to get something that thing with just a big press. Although maybe with a BUNCH of pressings it would be possible. I'm not metallurgist and I don't really know what it would take.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jordan D Maiers</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Angie Savela says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3776</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Robert Ellefson Our load cell is only accurate to 50 tons so even if we had a more capable press we wouldn't be able to measure the load. Using the dimensions of the samples Carpinteri used along with the load where failure occurred, I think we can develop a rough idea for the size of samples to use. Also, since my experience with rocks is limited to a rock tumbler, what would you suggest for a protocol for sample isolation? I was thinking simply bagging up and labeling samples from before and after crushing.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Angie Savela</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Robert Ellefson says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3769</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh, I forgot to mention that in case you do not gain access to suitable specimens that fail below 50 tons, you can certainly construct very-high-tonna ge presses quickly and easily if you have access to some plate steel and high-pressure hydraulic cylinders or hydraulic multiplier units. Enerpack makes a series of 10Kpsi elements that is popular for shopmade presses. Just torch-cut an open aperture in one or more large steel plates that will fit the cylinder, sample, and horizontal mounting plates inside, when the large plate is oriented vertically. Choose a cylinder or cylinder combination to get the tonnage you need, and double-up on thick plate if you're going much past 100tons. If you can get ahold of the materials, you can probably make a suitable press in a couple of days or so, assuming you or somebody you're working with has the appropriate fabrication skills and equipment.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Robert Ellefson</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Robert Ellefson says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3768</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fantastic! Great write-ups, both of you! You're raising the bar... For the rock-crushing experiment, I would suggest also retaining appropriate control specimen samples and observing appropriate sample isolation protocols so that you can retain some of the residue for later, more detailed analysis. This is just in case you come to have access to such resources, either back at school or from observers offering help. I'm looking forward to seeing these experiments!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Robert Ellefson</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ron B says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3767</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Jordan I saw there's a large press in the workshop. It might be possible to take an older Canadian nickle (99.9%) and cold work it down to the thickness you desire. It might take a while. As a young boy I would put a nickle on the railroad tracks and after the train passed by it was as flat as a pancake.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ron B</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Robert Greenyer says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3766</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Awesome Guys. Great to see us do the rock crushing... wonderful theatre with possibly profound meaning. Might I suggest a gopro hero 3 http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero3-black-edition or a few... some at the bubble detectors and some on the rock.... these will do WXGA at 240fps and you can sync them with a clap! (well, in post) Bob]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Robert Greenyer</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jordan D Maiers says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3763</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Edwin Pell We are certainly performing a control run with the CR-39, as is explained in the third paragraph of the Google doc. Instead of running with a lead sheet and totally blocking all emissions from the cell, the plan is to have a whole separate "dummy" cell that we can run with some inert material (probably Cu) and compare the Ni cell against this. We believe this will give the most definitive control as it will help us identify if the tracks that are being seen in the CR-39 are just a result of electrolysis and not unique to the Ni-H system. And thanks for the suggestion on Ni film! The only issue is that eBay doesn't have a thin enough sample. The foil is so thin because any generated radiation products have to travel through the foil before reaching the detector, even particles generated in the cathode (as is suspected) have to be able to make their way out in order to reach the detector. If the foil's too thick, nothing will reach the detector.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jordan D Maiers</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Edwin Pell says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3754</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On the nickel foil front stay away from scientific supply places as you have found out that increases the price 30x. I suggest ebay. I just found 6" by 4" by .05mm nickel foil for $32 (shipping included) on ebay. Yes, the science places may have purer materials 99.999% and ebay may have 1% impurities included but purity is not needed for this experiment (I am guessing). Here is a wide selection of reasonably priced nickel sheets. http://stores.ebay.com/Hypertriton/Nickel-Sheet-/_i.html?_fsub=2279631015&_sid=27448195&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Edwin Pell</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Edwin Pell says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Since you need only a small sample of stone I would guess your local stone quarries would be happy to give you some samples. Just go visit the local quarry and explain.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Edwin Pell</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ron B says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3750</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Angie, Excellent plan, well done. It should be a fun experiment. What are you planning for personal protection during the test?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ron B</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Angie Savela says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3748</link>
			<description><![CDATA[@Ecco Thank you for that note. As Ryan said I am making some adjustments to account for shock. By mounting the detector in a way to isolate it from the press hopefully we can reduce the risk of producing these shock bubbles. Additionally, a control test will be run with concrete until failure to test if bubbles would be formed from the shock alone.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Angie Savela</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ecco says:</title>
			<link>http://www.quantumheat.org#comment-3745</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Neutron bubble detectors are reported to be sensitive to mechanical shock (vibrations, loud noises, etc) so make sure this is taken into account in the brittle rock fracture experiment to avoid false results.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ecco</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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