Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-17 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Terry-- Your theory is sane. That's my theory too. Have you successfully calculated the total energy contained in an electron in ground state?

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-17 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Terry-- Your theory is sane. That's my theory too. Have you successfully calculated the total energy contained in an electron in ground state?

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-17 Thread Bob Cook
hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:03 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Terry-- Your theory is sane. That's my theory too. Have you successfully calculated the total energy

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-17 Thread Bob Cook
calculation matched the mass seen calculated from the annihilation experiment to 3 or 4 significant figures. Bob - Original Message - From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 On Wed, Sep

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-17 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:44:54 -0400: Hi, [snip] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function_collapse I don't mean mathematically, I mean physically. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-16 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:22:31 -0400: Hi, [snip] *That means interactions with other parts of the nucleus are possible, but not with other atoms* I took this to mean that cluster fusion could not happen because of the speed of light. Cluster fusion could happen if

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-16 Thread Terry Blanton
This is making my theory of electron absorption by multi particle spin coupling look sane.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-16 Thread Axil Axil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function_collapse Wave function collapse In quantum mechanics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics, *wave function collapse* is the phenomenon in which a wave function http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function—initially in a superposition

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-16 Thread Axil Axil
Decoherence of the combined wave function makes the tunneling event and the release of binding energy. should read Decoherence of the combined wave function *marks* the tunneling event and the release of binding energy. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:44 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-16 Thread Bob Cook
Terry-- Your theory is sane. That's my theory too. Bob - Original Message - From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 This is making my theory of electron absorption by multi particle

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-14 Thread Axil Axil
*That means interactions with other parts of the nucleus are possible, but not with other atoms* I took this to mean that cluster fusion could not happen because of the speed of light. My point, quantum mechanics allows cluster fusion to occur regardless of the speed of light. On Sat, Sep 13,

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:29:48 -0400: Hi, [snip] Fusion is a two step process. The first step is the tunneling of the one or more He2 nuclei into the as yet to be realized resultant nucleus. This process may occur as a superposition of many separate nuclear events

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread mixent
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:01:27 -0700: Hi, [snip] One thing that could be happening is that the when there is a capture of a single deuteron (assuming this is what is going on), the daughter is short-lived in the case of the specific isotopes under investigation,

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Bob Cook
coherent system, described by a wave function none of us can calculate. Bob - Original Message - From: Eric Walker To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:49 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Axil Axil
that transmutation seems to be the fusion with an even number of deuteron (2-4-6), with preference to stable isotopes. IMHO, the reason for the even deuteron rule is the requirement from zero spin in the groping of nuclei that will enter into the LENR reaction. A pairing of protons that result

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:20:18 -0400: Hi, [snip] A pairing of protons that result in a total nuclear spin result of zero are required for the fusion reaction to be successful. A zero spin final nucleus will certainly have a lower energy than an odd spin nucleus,

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread mixent
In reply to Bob Cook's message of Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:38:24 -0700: Hi Bob, You may well be correct, however Eric was talking about short lived intermediates. I was simply suggesting that he find out what they would be. Robin-- I worry that your concern about simultaneous capture is based on

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread mixent
, 2014 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 In reply to Alain Sepeda's message of Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:28:16 +0200: Hi, [snip] it remind me the observation of Iwamura as noticed in the book of Ed Storms, that transmutation seems to be the fusion with an even number of deuteron (2-4-6

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Axil Axil
, September 11, 2014 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 In reply to Alain Sepeda's message of Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:28:16 +0200: Hi, [snip] it remind me the observation of Iwamura as noticed in the book of Ed Storms, that transmutation seems to be the fusion with an even number of deuteron (2

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:33:47 -0400: Hi, If the reaction energy of 6 MeV is mostly transferred to the lattice (soliton) via EMF strong coupling, the second proton of the He2 pair can drift out of the reaction zone with a energy of just a few KeV. With strong EMF

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:23 AM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In that case, why not get specific, and check what would be produced if a deuteron/neutron/proton were added to the starting material? Yes, this is something I should do. There's enough data to make it a little bit of a project, so

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: It is not to hard to imagine 2 D's or 2 H's inside a face centered cubic metal matrix reacting at the same time with Ni or Pd nuclei of the same cell they share. Just an opinion, but I find it even more unlikely that

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: How does a 6.-- Mev proton give up its energy without some gammas x-rays showing up? When a proton ~ 10 MeV travels through a metal, it will interact with electrons via the Coulomb interaction and, possibly, with lattice

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Except for deexcitation gammas arising from inelastic collisions with lattice sites, the fast proton will give rise to photons on the order of less than ~ 20 keV. One exception to this is when the proton collides with another species with sufficient energy to fuse. Then there may be

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-12 Thread Axil Axil
Fusion is a two step process. The first step is the tunneling of the one or more He2 nuclei into the as yet to be realized resultant nucleus. This process may occur as a superposition of many separate nuclear events where multiple nuclei tunnel into the resultant nucleus and yet still be at a

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Alain Sepeda's message of Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:28:16 +0200: Hi, [snip] it remind me the observation of Iwamura as noticed in the book of Ed Storms, that transmutation seems to be the fusion with an even number of deuteron (2-4-6), with preference to stable isotopes. Note also that

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:02:40 -0700: Hi, [snip] The time period is irrelevant. At some point the reaction is going to stop, and when it does, some of the intermediate nuclei should be left. There is then also the question of why the reaction stops with what

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:49 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Bottom line: As far as nuclear reactions are concerned, I would expect D to produce mostly 4He, and H to produce mostly transmutation reactions. Yes -- I have no reason to disagree with this. I was addressing specifically the

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-11 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Yes -- I have no reason to disagree with this. I was addressing specifically the multiples of 2 D and 3 D that some believe have been identified in transmutations (i.e., Z=+4, Z=+6, Z=+8, but not Z=+2.). Sorry -- that's supposed to be M (for mass number) rather than Z (for proton

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: About the beta-delayed gamma -- it's not clear that the 63Ni* gamma decay is a beta-delayed gamma in this instance (see the decay in [1]). But as you know beta-delayed gammas are a frequent occurrence. The half-life of the beta decay in this case is 100 years, so if there is

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Axil Axil
-62 removal would be expensive for Rossi. Bob - Original Message - *From:* Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Tuesday, September 09, 2014 8:56 PM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Bob Cook
09, 2014 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 I wrote: About the beta-delayed gamma -- it's not clear that the 63Ni* gamma decay is a beta-delayed gamma in this instance (see the decay in [1]). But as you know beta-delayed gammas are a frequent occurrence. The half-life

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Axil Axil
about the spin of Ni-61 is incorrect. Bob - Original Message - *From:* Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:30 PM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 I wrote: About the beta-delayed gamma -- it's not clear

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Bob Cook
understood yet. Bob - Original Message - From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 Ni61 has be found to be LENR inactive due to its non zero nuclear spin. On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Bob Cook frobertc

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Alain Sepeda
of excess mass may be the answer--there are no gammas apparently. Bob - Original Message - From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:37 PM Subject: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 (Sorry if this was already posted -- my internets have

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Axil Axil
particles. LENR is not fully understood yet. Bob - Original Message - *From:* Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:07 AM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 Ni61 has be found to be LENR inactive due to its non zero

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.com wrote: it remind me the observation of Iwamura as noticed in the book of Ed Storms, that transmutation seems to be the fusion with an even number of deuteron (2-4-6), with preference to stable isotopes. Ed draws the

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-09 Thread Bob Cook
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:37 PM Subject: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 (Sorry if this was already posted -- my internets have been intermittent ) Andrea Rossi August 28th, 2014 at 6:38 AM Curiosone: We think that our process, the so called “Rossi Effect

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-09 Thread Axil Axil
--there are no gammas apparently. Bob - Original Message - From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:37 PM Subject: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 (Sorry if this was already posted -- my internets have been intermittent ) Andrea Rossi August

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: I wonder if the new Cu is Cu-63? Rossi may be implying that Ni-62 goes to Cu-63, both of which are stable isotopes. Spin coupling to get rid of the 6.22Mev of excess mass may be the answer--there are no gammas apparently.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-09 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: In a 62Ni(d,p)63Ni reaction, the 63Ni will beta- decay to 63Cu. The proton will have ~ 5 MeV and will excite 11 keV electrons, which can easily be shielded. There will be a delayed gamma emission after the beta- decay of Q=87 keV, however, which will not be fully shielded even by

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-09 Thread Bob Cook
- From: Eric Walker To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: I wonder if the new Cu is Cu-63? Rossi may be implying that Ni-62 goes to Cu-63, both of which

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-09-09 Thread Eric Walker
...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Tuesday, September 09, 2014 8:56 PM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Rossi on Ni62 On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: I wonder if the new Cu is Cu-63? Rossi may be implying that Ni-62 goes to Cu-63, both of which are stable

[Vo]:Rossi on Ni62

2014-08-28 Thread Alan Fletcher
(Sorry if this was already posted -- my internets have been intermittent ) Andrea Rossi August 28th, 2014 at 6:38 AM Curiosone: We think that our process, the so called “Rossi Effect”, is , as a serendipity, also a system to produce 62Ni, because only this fact can explain the formation of