Japanese scientist claims breakthrough with cold fusion experiment
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 26th 2008 12:10PM
posted May 26th 2008 12:10PM
While recent attempts to create a perpetual motion machine somehow, inexplicably didn't pan out, a physics professor from Osaka University now claims to have made a scientific breakthrough of another sort, with him now touting nothing less than a supposedly successful demonstration of cold fusion. That was apparently done by forcing deuterium gas under pressure into an evacuated cell containing a sample of palladium dispersed in zirconium oxide, which caused the deuterium to be absorbed by the palladium sample, resulting in a denser, or "pynco" deuterium, with deuterium nuclei that are close enough together to fuse. That process also supposedly resulted in a rise in temperature to about 70° Celsius, and a temperature in the center of the cell that remained "significantly warmer" than the cell wall for 50 hours after the test. Of course, there doesn't appear to be any other scientists ready to back up the experiment just yet, so you'll have to rely on your own armchair science expertise to get your hopes up or down accordingly on this one.
[Via Slashdot, thanks One]
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Cold fusion violates the 3 Laws of Thermodynamics. Until someone can show any experiment that disproves the 3 Laws then Cold Fusion is more snake oil.
Which laws of thermodynamics does cold fusion violate? and how?
Also violates the 4 amendments added by cheney.
Only one question, will it blend?
Wake me when they are able to get the Oreos all the way to the bottom of the cup...
Compare this to Orbo .. there are a lot more 'almost believers' here for cold fusion .. The Orbo thing was just such blatant showmanship, Cold Fusion at least has some potential .. I'm sure it's do-able, just a matter of time ..
Dear Engadget,
Your blog needs to stick to flashy LCDs and new computer gadgets, not cold fusion stuff I can't understand. Thank you.
I know lets reconfigure the solar matrix for endo-thermic propulsion
Look at this video maybe you'll learn something about the world of science research.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5214938694909002743&q=war+on+cold+fusion&ei=Qso5SLOZDI6E4gLToKXjAw&hl=en
Sweet, now I can finally install Mr. Fusion in the back of my car and produce the 1.21 jigawatts of power needed to power the flux capacitor. Right?
1) Cold fusion is a real phenomena at least under some circumstances,
whether or not an electrochemical cell is one of them, pressurized deuterium gas forced into a nickel cylinder under very high pressures will generate some helium, neutrons, and heat.
2) Assuming all the factors that make it happen only unreliably and sporadically are worked out, the power levels at present aren't high enough to be useful for automotive propulsion. That's not to say that further developments won't improve power levels and predictability but I am skeptical that cold fusion will power cars.
Of the hot-fusion candidates, I think the Bussard reactor actually has a much better chance at being practical than the Tokamak.
Deuterium gas != gasoline.
"All you people whining about gas prices. Ridiculous. Canada holds the world's second-largest oil reserves (Saudi Arabia is first) and gas prices are higher here than in the US, which produces MUCH less. We're exporting it to the US and giving you lucky bastards a better deal than our own citizens. Gas is hovering around $1.26 per Litre -- figure it out. That's $4.77 per gallon. Get over yourselves. I paid almost $80 to fill up the tank of my ugly minivan." Insane.
Does this help explain the standard of living up there or is it the cold and i don't mean fusion.
I hope this doesn't get shelved again for another twenty years, although the results of this experiment would seem to vindicate Professors Fleishman and Pons. However there is a small difference as 20 years ago Fleishman and Pons used duterium along with Platinum and Palladium as the anode and cathode.
Daniel S. Pearson