Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Ruby r...@hush.com wrote: Yes, data is missing, but there is also ALOT of data available, too. Unfortunately, it is difficult to even agree on what the facts are! Like you mention, it's difficult even to agree on what the facts are. Certainly on this list.

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Kivin-- My grasp is based on intuition--not existing theory. I happen to agree with Don Hodson’s concern about basic physics teachings that do not account for the energy associated with spin in the mass of the proton and other particles. Spin energy has always been neglected in my opinion

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
What does a near-zero K temperature phenomenon have to do with LENR or the price of wheat? You are talking about a BEC of Rydberg atoms. That BEC is very heavy and can only happen at low temperatures. A BEC of Zero mass or near zero mass bosons can exist at vey high temperatures. So your inbreed

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: What does a near-zero K temperature phenomenon have to do with LENR or the price of wheat? You are talking about a BEC of Rydberg atoms. That BEC is very heavy and can only happen at low temperatures. A BEC of Zero mass or

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
By what train of careful experimentation was it shown that magnetism has a huge effect on the fusion or fission cross sections in the kinds of contexts we're looking at? ICF via lasers want to get to 6*10^23 electrons per cm-3 to achieve Hot fusion. See:

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
Such an experiment is not easily done. A fellow got a Nobel prize for that type of experiment not too long ago. If you want me to build a polariton laser, that is over my head. Since you don't want to read about it, we might need to wait for Rossi's big reveal. On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:00 AM,

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Jones and Bob-- I like this line of thought. I think the current Mills theory and data indicate that a shrunken hydrogen molecule can also form. However, I would think it would be likely advance to a Cooper pair and a Boson as a result. This would make fusion possible. Shrunken H and D

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Peter Gluck
Very inspiring and well motivated what you say here, Jojo. It leads, in my opinion to a crucial problem, question: What is the essential difference between the classic LENR with Watts of heat release and the new LENR+ a la Rossi and DGT with enhanced heat release at the kWatts level? My answer

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Jojo Iznart
Peter, thank you for the kind words. Are you proposing a different mechanism than Axil's Nano antenna NAE to bootstrap the LENR BEC reaction? Your NAE is dynamically created? Do you propose nano structures also for your NAE? If you are, you also have to explain how that surface structure

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Peter Gluck
The simplest answer to these question is YES. A bit longer one; - as you know, DGT works by making hydrogen more reactive and Ni more receptive, if you read their ICCF-17 paper you will see they are increasing the mobility of the surfaces of Ni crystals- we still have to see what exactly can play

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Bob, This line of thought also brings back Lyne atomic oven and MAHG theory of operation where a shrunken molecules forms between the shrunken atoms… what happens to this molecular bond when the “shrinkage” factor changes.. if the disassociation threshold is reduced you have yet another

RE: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
From: Bob Cook Jones and Bob-- I like this line of thought. I think the current Mills theory and data indicate that a shrunken hydrogen molecule can also form. However, I would think it would be likely advance to a Cooper pair

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
One of the possibilities is that there are many types of nano-antennas formed in the NiH system. When starting up the major carrier of the reaction are the nanowires. But as the reactor heats up and its energy output is increased, then the reaction sites may form in the spaces between

RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Axil, nice insight which also gives support to dynamic formation of plasma in the Papp engine. I was also one of those who felt self destruction would bring the reaction to a halt but the Rossi melt down does point to the continued run away reaction even after the geometry has melted. Like

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
More... The nanowire sites are fixed and permanent and the nanoparticle sites are dynamic an possibly destroyed after the reaction but not necessarily(to be determined). On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: One of the possibilities is that there are many types

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Higgins
Jones and Bob, Jones, you said that: I agree that the BEC is a fiction at elevated temperature, I don't think Yeong Kim proposes a classical cold temperature BEC as the source of his fusion. He told me that the condensates he has postulated form in magnetic traps in the material. So, at

[Vo]:Is the SunCell a titanium burner?

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
Steven reported that massive amounts of info from the BLP demo is now online. I wish it was better organized. The most hyped up doc is here : http://www.blacklightpower.com/wp-content/uploads/presentations/072114Demons tration-Abbreviated.pdf I have not found time to wade through all of this

[Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
Ed Storms just gives us one out of a potential million LENR reaction results that have been seen in LENR experimentation. Ed never wanted to consider transmutation as a valid consequence of the LENR reaction. By embracing transmutation, Ed would need to explain countless variations and

RE: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
Bob, I agree with most of what you say. The devil is in the details and we are short on details. My great hope is that we will get the data we need from the Swedes this time around. Jones From: Bob Higgins Jones and Bob, Jones, you said that: I agree that the BEC

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Brad Lowe
Axil and all, This theory would explain the claimed transmutation when carbon is microwaved. Does carbon in a microwave transmute or not? I can't seem to find a real answer, yet it seems like a simple question and experiment, given the availability of very pure carbon (and kitchen appliances.)

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Fran-- The fact that particles are relativistic in many cosmic reactions and two particles may be traveling side by side suggests that either gravity or maybe static (relative to the particles) magnetic fields can cause the shrinking and fusion to a lower dark state, and this is responsible

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Lennart Thornros
Hello Axel, I do understand that there are good theories and not so good dittos. Why so adamant? It seems to me that there is a myriad of theories, some of them have similarities, some of them exclude each other. Very little is won by finding holes in the other theories. Problems are many and the

RE: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
From: Bob Higgins Consider that the DDL state is regarded as being about 511 keV less than H in normal ground state. The mass energy difference between 2 ground state H atoms and a ground state D atom is 1.66 MeV… So, now the H#2 molecule may only

RE: [Vo]:A mystery emission line from intergalactic space

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
Previously in this thread and another related thread related to hydrogen isomers being “dark matter” and the emerging possibility that the Rossi reactor is a DDL/ Dark-Matter device… .. this [3.5 keV] seems to be near a Rydberg emission line, and possibly already associated with deep level

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
http://aflb.ensmp.fr/AFLB-297/aflb297m329.pdf *Low Energy Induced Nuclear Fusion Via Coherence* *Of The Quantum Vacuum, Zero-Point Energy* *Through Ultra Close Range Casimir Effects* Page 1119 The analysis of the carbon residue is tabulated below for the four samples collected as

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Bob and Jones-- Rossi has designed his reactor tubes to avoid departure from nucleate boiling and thus melting of the jacket. The internal nickel has a high heat tolerance and can stand high temperatures. Gas formation is apparently not a problem for him and has suggested to me that He is

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
More... Going from carbon and water to nickel is a LENR reaction that requires the injection of a good deal of energy to occur. Since carbon are water are low Z elements that transmute to high Z elements, just about all the elements produced require external energy for the reaction to occur.

[Vo]:Microwave Transmutation/Blue Eagle Refiners

2014-07-23 Thread Brad Lowe
I asked Axil and Vortex whether Carbon in a Microwave transmutes. Axil's answer was a link to a paper from 1994 showing that it could. http://aflb.ensmp.fr/AFLB-297/aflb297m329.pdf Given: Nano powder LENR experiments appear difficult to recreate. And: Carbon in a microwave is said to produce

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Higgins
Jones, I think you did not understand or agree with what I said previously in bullet 4). On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: From: Bob Higgins Consider that the DDL state is regarded as being about 511 keV less than H in

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: The most flexible explanation of the LENR reaction is one that entails a powerful bolt of energy impacting on an unspecified but variable pile of atoms that result in any sort of recombination of any number of protons and

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Higgins
I completely disagree Axil, the Mizuno endothermic (or Ahern endothermic) observation is not at all catastrophic. You said: This contemplation of an endothermic mechanism is a catastrophic sacrilege of epic proportions for Ed because it violates his beloved and inviolable laws of

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Axil Axil
I seriously doubt that Ed Storms would permit the blatant violation of the strictures of thermodynamics to embrace your scenario. On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Bob Higgins rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com wrote: I completely disagree Axil, the Mizuno endothermic (or Ahern endothermic) observation

Re: [Vo]:the fly in the ointment

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Higgins
This is not a violation of thermodynamics, but a failure to identify the true starting total energy state which must include the fractional Rydberg states of the atoms if such states exist. Yeong Kim's paper describes his solution to the wave equation for sub-ground states and his solution says

RE: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
Bob, I do not necessarily disagree so much as am presenting another option. Since the electron antineutrino has been overlooked in your hypothesis, there could be a more accurate way for this to unfold. The half integer spin would be a problem, as would the source of the antineutrino. It

Re: [Vo]:A mystery emission line from intergalactic space

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Jones and Axil-- I agree with Jones. It looks like there is a lot of emissions in the 2 to 6 Kev range. Is there any normal explanation of this range of emissions associated with normal electron obit energies associated with H2 or He or D2 or H or D? I wonder about the source of the

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Rossi claims that he uses nano-nickel particles. I have no idea what the sintering and melting temperatures of those structures. We know that carbon nano structures have very good high temperature properties. A Ni-H nano structure may even be better at high temperatures. I would not give

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Higgins
Bob, This is a common misconception. Rossi does NOT use nano-Ni. Rossi uses Ni particles (from the carbonyl process) that have a high external area and particle diameter of 4-8 microns. Rossi adds a catalyst, that is believed to be a nanopowder, to the carbonyl Ni particles and then grows

Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Jones and Bob-- The di-proton I suggested might be real. Check out CERN below for evidence of what is called a dibaryon with a short lifetime. Intense magnetic fields may improve the lifetime. The “new” dibaryon seems like it could be a Cooper pair to me.

RE: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
Interesting, but the mass-energy is too high at 2380 MeV. We would be looking for something around 2000 MeV From: Bob Cook Jones and Bob-- The di-proton I suggested might be real. Check out CERN below for evidence of what is called a dibaryon with a short lifetime.

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Thanks for the clarification. Bob Cook Sent from Windows Mail From: Bob Higgins Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎July‎ ‎23‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎32‎ ‎PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Bob, This is a common misconception. Rossi does NOT use nano-Ni. Rossi uses Ni particles (from the carbonyl process)

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Jojo Iznart
Bob, The smaller the material, the lower its sintering temperature - significantly lower than the melting temp of the bulk material. If you google sintering nickel, you will find out that this is true. Even at the lower operating temps of the original ecat (not the hotcat), nanosturctures

RE: [Vo]:Is the SunCell a titanium burner?

2014-07-23 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
HI Jones, Regarding the July 22, 2014, PDF documents: http://tinyurl.com/poj7ga5 - 215 megabytes, with embedded video. http://tinyurl.com/q28bn4w - Abbreviated version, no video. I am less cynical in my perception of BLP's chances of pulling the magic rabbit out of the hat than you appear to

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Review of Ed Storms book: \The Explanation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction\

2014-07-23 Thread Bob Cook
Jojo-- I did a little review and agree that most nano sized particles do not like to much temperature becoming unstable relative to bulk temperature integrity. Thanks for that correction of my previous comments regarding Ni nano particles. As noted by Bob Higgins, Rossi does not start with

RE: [Vo]:Is the SunCell a titanium burner?

2014-07-23 Thread Jones Beene
From: Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson What I find interesting is that according to Mills there is no known chemical reaction that is capable of generating soft X-Rays. Are you aware of any chemical reaction that can? X-rays show up in