>From what I've seen, there's transmutations all over the map. This is an area that is in need of systematization in the hands of someone careful who does not have a pet theory to advance, or who can do a rigorous job despite having a pet theory. This is the kind of topic for which it would be easy to draw facile generalizations that on closer inspection are a bit light on the evidence, something I think is regularly done. And you'd want someone to avoid simply adopting the researchers' own conclusions and just look at the data they publish.
One conclusion that should in my opinion be avoided as an example of such a facile generalization: the transmutations are insufficient to account for excess heat. While it is true that some LENR researchers have convinced themselves of this, one need only realize that if carbon or silicon or some other common "impurity" is actually a transmutation byproduct, then there could potentially be a lot of excess heat that could be ascribed to the transmutation process, especially if one includes fission byproducts in the evidence for transmutations. Eric On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Stephen Cooke <stephen_coo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have a couple of questions that maybe some here can answer. > > In the LENR context: > > Are transmutations of elements and isotope evolutions for elements lighter > and including Ni ever observed for heavier isotopes (I.e neutron rich > isotopes)? Or only for those isotopes with fewer neutrons than ideally > required for maximum stability. > > > > Are the transmutations of elements for elements heavier heavier than Ni > ever observed for lighter isotopes (I.e. Low Neutron isotopes)? Or only > those isotopes with more neutrons than ideally required for maximum > stability. > >
