Unfortunately, all of the nuclear effects that have been detected - whether radiations, isotopic shifts, or transmutations - are unconfirmed. There have been 1-off examples of each, but no confirmation that any is a repeatable part of the process, nor that these were not 1-time side-effects or errors. There is still plenty of opportunity for making good additions to the science in this experiment; and fortunately, the experiment is relatively simple!
Bob On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for that nice summary Bob H. One additional point is the > transmutation of Ni isotopes, especially the increase of mass 64 isotope. > Maybe Ni-64. Also the possible increase of Cu as I recall. > > Bob—am I correct? > > Bob Cook > > > *From: *Bob Higgins > *Sent: *Friday, June 24, 2016 8:59 AM > *To: *vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject: *Re: [Vo]: English translation of Parkhomov's latest > presentation > > I will look for the older references. Certainly Jed has most of them in > the lenr-canr.org database. Parkhomov's work stemmed from the Lugano > report on Rossi's hotCat - where Parkhomov, a retired Russian physicist, > deduced the fuel as primarily Ni + LAH, and tried it. He saw credible > excess heat. You should start by reading the Lugano report's analysis of > the fuel and ash. > > The LENR details of this system are unknown, but here is a guess in a > nutshell. The LiAlH4 breaks down to LiH and Al + nH2 as it is heated. At > about 680C, both the LiH and the Al are molten and they wet to the Ni, > which is now reduced of oxides by the H2. The liquid Al also partly acts > as a getter for the the oxygen in the system - taking it out of chemical > play. LiH is an ionic hydride, consisting of Li+ and H- in the molten > metal. Wetted to the Ni, the Li-H-Al supplies H- (anions) directly to the > surface of the Ni, wherein a LENR reaction of unknown detail happens. The > reaction between Ni and H- could well be as Piantelli describes in his > patents. There are unsubstantiated shifts in the 6Li/7Li isotopic ratio as > well as unsubstantiated isotopic shifts in the Ni and transmutation in the > Ni. > > Excess heat seems to have an onset above 900C and Parkhomov's latest > experiments were run at 1200C. Experiments can exhibit thermal runaway and > burn out the apparatus. > > Chemical energy is typically calculated as though the reactants were > supplied with an unknown and unlimited source of free O2 and burned. The > primary energy is the burning of H2 with O2, then the burning of the Li, > and almost negligible is the chemical energy from burning (oxidizing) the > Ni. For the 2g of Ni and 0.2g of LAH, I have seen that energy calculated > in the range of 20kJ (but my memory could be off +100%/-50%). Parkhomov > measured about 100MJ output, about 5000x the chemical energy. > > > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <sa...@pobox.com> > wrote: > > Can someone post a link to something in the way of earlier work, which > might give an overview of this experiment and this approach? > > I came in late to the show, and I'm confused as to what the reaction is > even believed to be here. > > It's also apparent that some major chemical stuff was going on (from the > state of the reactors at the end of the experiment) but, while LiAlH4 is > presumably pretty seriously reactive, I wouldn't have expected it to do > much with nothing but Ni as a partner, since Li and Al are surely much > happier to donate electrons than Ni (didn't check the half reaction > potentials, tho, maybe nickel's more reactive than I think). > > On 06/24/2016 10:19 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: > > Good morning Vorts, > > > Here is a link to my Google drive folder having the English translation of > A. Parkhomov's latest (6/23) presentation. The link is to the folder > containing the translation, and if updates are needed, I will put them in > this same folder. > > > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Pc25a4cOM2YnpFakRobUE1clE > > > > Bob Higgins > > > > > > > > >
