------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAVY CONFIRMS COLD FUSION EXTRA ENERGY OUT __________________________________________ [Editor's Note: This came from a mailing list on unusual technologies. It has just enough believeability to me to provide it here. I'm not clear on whether it might be a no-no for the public to know about it. If it is, I would ask that someone from the Navy contact me and let me know that. I'll weigh the value of life, and consider removing it :> --Gary Hawkins] Date: 04 Oct 96 16:29:36 EDT From: Jed Rothwell <72240.1256@compuserve.com> Subject: This just in from the Navy To: Vortex I got an impressive 98 page book from the U.S. Navy. Here is a description of it, related with military thoroughness on the REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE, which I note conforms to ASCI Standard 239-18 (I mean the page conforms). Please note that field #1 says "AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)." I have duly left it blank and I expect all readers of this forum to follow procedures and leave this field blank on your screen. Further be it noted here that I have searched existing datasorceath [sic] in less than 1 hour. That will be all. Dis-missed! REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704 0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing datasorceath [sic] maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the colection [sic] of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202 4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188), Washington, DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE September 1996 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED Final, Jan 92-Sep 95 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Anomalous Effects in Deuterated Systems 6. AUTHORS Melvin H. Miles. Benjamin F. Bush. and Kendall B. Johnson 5. FUNDING NUMBERS PE 061153N Project R1306 R&T Project Code 313z001srp06 [sic] 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake. CA 93555-6100 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER NAWCWPNS TP 8302 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAMES(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Office of Naval Research 800 North Quincy Arlington, VA 22207-5660 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER 11 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 12a DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT A Statement; public release; distribution unlimited. 12h DISTRIBUTION CODE 13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) (U) Excess power was measured in 28 out of 94 electrochemical experiments conducted using palladium or palladium-alloy cathodes in heavy water. Reproducibility continues to be the major problem in this controversial research area. Based on our experiments, this lack of reproducibility stems from unknown variables in the palladium metal. The best reproducibility for excess power was obtained using palladium-boron materials supplied by the Naval Research Laboratory. Our basic isoperibolic calorimeters were capable of measuring excess power with a sensitivity of +/-1 % of the input power or +/- 20 mW, whichever was larger. Calorimeters that are capable of detecting excess power levels of 1 watt per cubic centimeter of palladium are essential for research in this field. Results from our laboratory indicate that helium-4 is the missing nuclear product accompanying the excess heat. Thirty out of 33 experiments showed a correlation between either excess power and helium production or no excess power and no excess helium. The collection of the electrolysis gases in both glass and metal flasks place the helium-4 production rate at 10^11 to 10^12 atoms per second per watt of excess power. This is the correct magnitude for typical deuteron fusion reactions that yield helium-4 as a product. Anomalous radiation was detect in some experiments by the use of X-ray films, Geiger-Mueller counters, and by the use of sodium iodide detectors. There was never any significant production of tritium in any of our experiments. 14. SUBJECT TERMS Calorimetry, Deuterium, Electrolysis, Excess Power, Helium-4, Radiation, Tritium 15. NUMBER OF PAGES 98 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT UNCLASSIFIED 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE UNCLASSIFIED 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF ABSTRACT UNCLASSIFIED 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT UL NSN 7540 01-280 5500 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89) Prescribed by ANSI Sld. 239-18 298-102 [End of File]