LENR LIVE proposal 1: The neutron sparkler
Titanium deuteride / palladium deuteride and a liquid nitrogen bath
At ICCF-17 in Korea, 2012, a Texas University researcher reported large production of neutrons when a transition metal, loaded with deuterium was dropped into a liquid nitrogen - but this was essentially an inspired interpretation of Francesco Scaramuzzi's 1989 work.
Since the MFMP will soon have neutron detectors in a range of locations and we have already shown the visual practicality of bubble detectors - thanks to our donors, we have now secured a hydrogen generator so that we can make D2 from heavy water.
This experiment is suitable for live presentation and whilst it would not demonstrate useful excess heat, it should end the rhetoric from those that say nuclear processes are impossible in condensed matter and are not willing or able to dig about for the evidence to help them understand where the story is going. Moreover, no one could argue about the temperature being low!
Suggestions welcome on design of the drop experiment apparatus, way of processing the material and research into the work of Scaramuzzi. Challenges are the pressures that Scaramuzzi used - but could it be as simple as dropping a heavily loaded transition metal into liquid nitrogen as the Texas researcher claimed?
Other than needing to get some fresh bubble detectors, we will soon have the means to find out.
Comments
Thanks, Bob, for bringing me up-to-date with the MFMP neutron detection apparatus. I didn't realize anybody could assemble a cheap 3He device! Better than using BF3 for sure.
drive.google.com/.../
Perhaps you missed this
goo.gl/XFmrLi
UPDATE#3 - Bob Higgins published version 1.0 of his apparatus
goo.gl/wuLWH8
A temperature dependence graph would vastly strengthen the evidence. A fourth point would make the graph even stronger (458 C), and five points would be optimal (676 C). The graph is doubtfully linear, and the reaction and thus rate may completely die above a certain temp, but showing the rate being impacted by temperature will give highly potent evidence to both the validity of the reaction and its parameters.
And people love equations. Measuring how T interacts with rate could allow a lot of mechanistic hypothesizing.
Just my two cents for this type of experiment! At the very least, I would argue that room temp should be measured as 500 times background isn't something one would miss. But even if it's just liquid N2 and room temp in a two point graph, it would be better than either by itself.
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