Comments on: The difference between cold fusion and cold fusion http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/ We have technical difficulties, it will take a day or two to get back to normal. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:09:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-5761 Ben Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:05:05 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-5761 I'm not familiar with cold fusion. However, when you calculated the kinetic energy which is 3/2kt, it is a statistically averaging result and it is a result that people usually observed from experiment. The fusion people might are thinking about the fluctuation. I’m not familiar with cold fusion. However, when you calculated the kinetic energy which is 3/2kt, it is a statistically averaging result and it is a result that people usually observed from experiment.
The fusion people might are thinking about the fluctuation.

]]> By: Behnam http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-5757 Behnam Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:53:49 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-5757 My understanding is that many practitioners of "cold fusion" of the type you ridicule are not sure that what is actually happening is fusion. Furthermore, they more than happily acknowledge the fact that it is an anomalous phenomenon, meaning that a theory has not been developed to explain it. What they have done is to identify an anomalous, measurable, and repeatable phenomenon. The question is how the phenomenon is to be explained. They don't claim to have an explanation that they know is true for sure. But nobody else seems to have such an explanation either. To me, all this is a sign that some exciting science could be done here. Something valuable is to be learned by probing this phenomenon and theorizing about it. The outcome is unlikely to alter the laws of physics, but it will nevertheless teach us about the physical world. My understanding is that many practitioners of “cold fusion” of the type you ridicule are not sure that what is actually happening is fusion. Furthermore, they more than happily acknowledge the fact that it is an anomalous phenomenon, meaning that a theory has not been developed to explain it.

What they have done is to identify an anomalous, measurable, and repeatable phenomenon. The question is how the phenomenon is to be explained. They don’t claim to have an explanation that they know is true for sure. But nobody else seems to have such an explanation either.

To me, all this is a sign that some exciting science could be done here. Something valuable is to be learned by probing this phenomenon and theorizing about it. The outcome is unlikely to alter the laws of physics, but it will nevertheless teach us about the physical world.

]]> By: ttch http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-5157 ttch Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:45:18 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-5157 Excess heat is not mentioned in the abstract of Henderson et al.’s paper; are you sure you have the right reference? Excess heat is not mentioned in the abstract of Henderson et al.’s paper; are you sure you have the right reference?

]]> By: cliff52 http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4670 cliff52 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:59:47 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-4670 I noticed no one has offered a challenge to your math or chemistry or physics. We all want energy from cold fusion, but science reminds us that wanting is not enough. Thank you for a serious, brief review of the factual basis of science as we know it today. I noticed no one has offered a challenge to your math or chemistry or physics. We all want energy from cold fusion, but science reminds us that wanting is not enough. Thank you for a serious, brief review of the factual basis of science as we know it today.

]]> By: Chemistry Blog » Blog Archive » Cold Fusion Has Its Press Conference http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4623 Chemistry Blog » Blog Archive » Cold Fusion Has Its Press Conference Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:49:55 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-4623 [...] elementary of chemistry and physics that I painstakingly explained in this old post titled “The difference between cold fusion and cold fusion“, but I’ll move on to address their [...] [...] elementary of chemistry and physics that I painstakingly explained in this old post titled “The difference between cold fusion and cold fusion“, but I’ll move on to address their [...]

]]> By: Sili http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Sili Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:48:37 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-2534 <blockquote>It would be like calculating an area of an integral by cutting it out from a sheet of graph-paper and weighing it.</blockquote> I'm pretty sure I've done that at least once ...

It would be like calculating an area of an integral by cutting it out from a sheet of graph-paper and weighing it.

I’m pretty sure I’ve done that at least once …

]]> By: New Energy Times » Calling All Quacks http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 New Energy Times » Calling All Quacks Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:11:32 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-2112 [...] My feelings on cold fusion research have been stated previously here: The difference between cold fusion and cold fusion [...] [...] My feelings on cold fusion research have been stated previously here: The difference between cold fusion and cold fusion [...]

]]> By: Janique http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1867 Janique Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:01:34 +0000 http://blog2.chemicalforums.com/2007/04/23/the-difference-between-cold-fusion-and-cold-fusion/#comment-1867 But would it be allowed? Got yah. But would it be allowed? Got yah.

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