High School Students Replicate Cold Fusion
While the dangers posed by cold fusion experimentation
should be taken carefully into consideration, there are some helpful
scientific papers available for those interested. One college professor
reports that materials for an experiment can cost as little as $500 USD.
Papers may not be adequate for full replication.
Mentoring professor needs to have strong background to guide the
project. This is not an easy thing to do, but it is possible, as one
team showed.
http://www.newenergytimes.com/students/
Q. "Are there any cold fusion kits
available?"
A. Steven B. Krivit, author of the forthcoming book on
cold fusion, The Rebirth of Cold
Fusion says none are currently known of.
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8 August 2004
Hi Sterling,
It's nice to hear from you. No, there are no kits available commercially that I
am aware of, though the thought to develop and promote such has crossed our
mind. The greatest blocks are liability issues. As you probably know, the
disassociation of hydrogen and oxygen yields a highly volatile combination. One
life has already been lost due to an oxygen/hydrogen recombination failure in a
cold fusion experiment. Neither try this stuff at home, nor without fully
understanding the subject!
The closest we have seen to such a prototype is that of John Dash's work. His
papers can be found at www.lenr-canr.org.
The work that he, and his high school interns brought from Oregon to
Massachusetts, for a week-long, live demonstration of a cold fusion cell is
showcased here: http://www.newenergytimes.com/students/
. He estimates that raw materials run about $500 USD. Another excellent resource
for interested students is Ed Storms' http://www.lenr-canr.org/StudentsGuide.htm
.
Keep in mind that such a prototype, at this time in history, will ONLY be useful
as a scientific demonstration of excess heat. There is not enough excess power
yet to overcome the electrical conversion inefficiencies to light even a small
light bulb, but this is not the point right now of cold fusion research.
It is still very much in the pure science stage, which is very exciting for
students, but is by no means ready for practical application. For the best
understanding of what the worlds most experienced electrochemists, physicists
and material scientists have and have not been able to accomplish to date with
cold fusion, I highly recommend my book, The Rebirth of Cold Fusion,
coming out in late October by Pacific Oaks Press. Pre-ordering will be available
on http://www.therebirthofcoldfusion.com
(a.k.a. http://www.newenergytimes.com
) next week. This will help give anyone interested in the subject a good
perspective.
Steven B. Krivit
NEW ENERGY TIMES
The best source for news, information and general education on cold
fusion.
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Other Student Success Stories
From:
Steven Krivit
To: Sterling D. Allan
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: You may post this revision
("Yes, we have no kits")
- Dash took his configuration to Italy in March 2004 to the International
Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science conference. He was able to
train a few Italian teachers who were familiar with cold fusion, who in
turn, were able to guide their own students to perform a working cold fusion
demonstration, much like the Portland High School students.
Contact
Steven B. Krivit
NEW ENERGY TIMES
steven@newenergytimes.c*om (remove "*")
Los Angeles, California, USA
www.newenergytimes.com
Cell phone: (310) 721-5919
Office Phone: (310) 470-8189
See also
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