Massive 1962 Dept. of Defense Bibliography on Exploding Wires Found

Dec. 17, 2013 – By Steven B. Krivit –

New Energy Times has just found a massive 1962 Department of Defense bibliography on exploding wires. It is the third such edition by these authors.

The document is “A Bibliography of the Electrically Exploded Conductor Phenomenon,” by William G. Chace and Eleanor M. Watson, published by the Armed Services Technical Information Agency.

Exploding wire phenomena in low-energy nuclear reactions (LENRs) have been reported for nearly a century:  Wendt, Gerald L. and Irion, Clarence E, “The Decomposition of Tungsten to Helium,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 44(9), pg. 1887-1894 (September 1922)

(Excerpt from Preface of the Third Edition of the Chace and Watson bibliography)
The accelerating interest in exploding wires, foils, and films and the resultant appearance of many publications, has made a third edition of the E. W. P. [exploding wire phenomena] bibliography highly desirable. The field has broadened to include exploding foils and films as well as wires, hence the new title.

(Excerpt from Preface of the First Edition of the Chace and Watson bibliography)
In connection with a fundamental study of the Exploding Wire Phenomenon (E. W. P. ) being conducted by this laboratory, a search of the literature was undertaken. It was originally intended purely as background for our work. However, conversations with others working on E. W. P. and related problems indicated so much interest, that arrangements were made for this informal publication of the bibliography before the research paper to which it would normally be an appendix.