2) The announcement below was fetched from
the Internet. I did see the original demo in August
2003. Two electrochemical cells (one had
heavy water while another had ordinary water),
were connected in series to the power supply.
The cell with D2O was warmer than the cell with
H2O. No experimental evidence that excess
heat was nuclear was presented by students.
Ludwik Kowalski
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Italian High Lyceum, "Augusto Monti" replicates
John Dash's Cold Fusion Demonstration
14 March 2004
For over a month italian high school students
have been attempting to replicate Prof. John
Dash's experiment which was shown to the
public at MIT last August. This time the
experiment has been conducted in the school
laboratory following the written instructions.
The purpose is to teach the students basic
laboratory procedure and to show the world that
"excess heat" can be demonstrated even with
limited resources. Students were divided into 3
teams. The "chemists" prepared the cells, the
"engineers" connected the electronics and data
acquisition PC, whilst the "film crew" recorded
the procedures.
After some initial difficulties, anomalous
temperatures were first shown to the press on
Saturday evening. The audience was enthralled
to see the temperature of the experimental cell
(containing deuterium) catch up and overtake
the control cell (containing ordinary hydrogen).
Both cells contain sulphuric acid, and the same
current and voltage is applied to them. At
steady state, the experimental cell was about
ten degrees hotter.