COMMENTS ON CLAIMS OF EXCESS ENTHALPY BY FLEISCHMANN AND PONS USING SIMPLE CELLS MADE TO BOIL

Fleischmann and Pons have claimed to have performed a ''simple'' exper iment and to have observed excess enthalpies larger than 1 kW/cm3 of p alladium. It is shown that in fact the system they use is exceedingly complicated, is under-instrumented and that they have ignored several important factors so that it is unclear whether or not they have obser ved any excess heat.