A COLD FUSION FAQ-TABLE
This FAQ-Table continues the short list of some of the cold fusion
phenomena - and for those interested sources of more
information.
Cold fusion, despite the rabid attacks of the TB-skeptics
now includes aqueous, gas, and solid-state systems.
Thanks are in order to Jed, Vesselin, and Bruce for
reminding me of the references, and to Robert for correction
of some errors.
Additions, suggestions, updates, and corrections are both
appreciated and invited.
Best wishes.
Mitchell Swartz
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FAQ TABLE SUMMARY OF SOME COLD FUSION RESULTS
AND SOME POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS march 20 '94
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1. Survey of Physical Results
2. Partial References.
3. Tabulation of Arguments against and order-of-magnitude calculations
(section 3 not present in this iteration)
1. Survey of Physical Results
============= Excess Power (milliwatts) === % of input =====
--- Representative Positive Results in Heavy Water/D2O --------------
Fleischmann & Pons (1989) 60 (circa)
Miles (1992) 540
McKubre (1992) 30% (ca. average input excess,
with rare bursts higher)
=========== Excess Power densities (W/cm3 Pd) ==============
--- Representative Positive Results in Heavy Water/D2O --------------
1989 circa 10 W/cm3 Pd
1993 circa 1500 W/cm3 Pd
=========== Helium-4 generation levels Heavy Water/D2O --------------
10^11 to ca. 3 x 10^11 helium-4/watt-sec (Miles 91, 92, 93)
============= Excess Power (watts) === % of input =====
--- Other Representative Positive Results D2 and D2O systems --------------
Stringham (1994 acoustic only D2O) 90 watts
=========== Excess Power ===================================
--- Representative Positive Results in Light Water/H2O --------
Mills (1989) (ca. several hundred % input, peak input ca. 160 W
Noninski (1991) 160%
Srinivasan (1993) 3.5 max 70% input
Notoya (1993) 2.7 max 270-240%
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=========== Excess Power densities (W/cm2) ==============
--- Representative Positive Results in SrCeO3 --------------
Mizuno circa 100 W/cm2 Pt plates, gas phase, input
1993 less than ca. 1 mW.
=========== Excess Power (W) ==============
--- Representative Positive Results in glow discharge -----------
Kucherov 30 W (in ca. 50% of 78 expts,
1993 glow discharge, neutron flux to 10^7n/s
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2. Partial References.
******* JOURNALS ON COLD FUSION
COLD FUSION TIMES, FUSION TECHNOLOGY, Fusion FACTS,
(soon "COLD FUSION") and several journals for sporadically good articles.
COLD FUSION TIMES
[ISSN 1072-2874; P.O. Box 81135, Wellesley Hills, MA 02181]
"Cold Fusion" the magazine, to be launched shortly
The editor is Dr. Eugene F. Mallove, publisher is Dr.
Wayne Green, founder of Byte;WGI Center,
70 Rte. 202 North, Peterborough, NH 03458.
Fusion Facts, a monthly newsletter. P.O. Box 48639,
Salt Lake City, UT 84158.
Fusion Technology, a technical journal published by the ANS has
published many articles about cold fusion. Contact: Publications Manager,
The American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Ave, Lagrange
Park, IL 60525.
***** BOOKS ON COLD FUSION
Eugene Mallove "FIRE FROM ICE: Searching for the Truth
Behind the Cold Fusion Furor" (John Wiley & Sons, May, 1991)
Note the table on pages 246 through 248 which
lists scores of laboratories who have measured and reported
excess heat, and in many cases other particles.
"FUSION ENERGY, Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Energy of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology,
U.S. House of Representatives," ISBN 0-16-041505-5.
(May 5, 1993) U.S. Government Printing Office, 202-783-3238
****** A FEW ARTICLES ON COLD FUSION
M. Fleischmann (Univ. Southampton), S. Pons (IMRA Europe),
"Calorimetry of the Pd-D2O system: from simplicity via complications to
simplicity," Physics Letters A, 176 (1993) 118-129
E. Storms (Los Alamos), "Review of Experimental Observations About
The Cold Fusion Effect," Fusion Technology, Vol. 20, Dec. 1991 433 -
477. A superb technical introduction to the field.
M. H. Miles and R. A. Hollins (Naval Air Weapons Center), B.F. Bush
and J.J. Lagowski (Univ. Texas), "Correlation of excess power and
helium production during D2O and H2O electrolysis using palladium
cathodes," J. of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 346 (1993) 99 - 117.
A. B. Karabut, Ya. R. Kucherov, I. B. Savvatimova, "Nuclear product
ratio for glow discharge in deuterium," Phys. Lett. A 170 265 (1992).
Excellent reviews critical of so-called "negative" papers:
Vesselin Noninski, Fusion Technology, 23, 474 (1993).
Melvin H. Miles, Benjamin F. Bush, and David E.
Stilwell, "Calorimetric Principles and Problems in Measurements of Excess
Power during Pd-D2O Electrolysis," J. Phys. Chem. (Feb. 17, 1994
*** CONFERENCES REFERENCES ON COLD FUSION
The Fourth International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF4), was
sponsored by EPRI, Advanced Nuclear Systems, and held December 6 -
9, 1993, at Hyatt Regency Maui, Lahaina, HI. For information
EPRI, Linda Nelson, P.O. Box 10412, Palo Alto, CA 94303-9743
Frontiers of Cold Fusion, ed. H. Ikegami. The proceedings of the Third
International Conference on Cold Fusion (Nagoya, Japan, October 21 -
25, 1992) in Nagoya, Japan. Available from Universal Academy Press,
Inc., PR Hogo 5 Bldg., 6-16-2, Hongo, Bunkyo Tokyo 113, JAPAN.
The Science of Cold Fusion, ed. T. Bressani. The proceedings of the
Second Annual Conference On Cold Fusion. (Como, Italy, June 29 - July
4, 1991); contact: SIF, Via L. degli Ondalo 2, 40124 Bologna, ITALY.