A neuron could be produced by proton fusion followed by a pion based conversion of the proton to a neutron.
The proton fusion would come from muon catalyzed protium fusion with 24Mg then a pion conversion of the proton to a neutron. There seems to be a rule in LENR that produces reactions with even isotopes. Odd isotopes are left alone. Magnetic energy is wasted in exciting odd isotopes with nonzero spin thereby producing RF. In this way, magnetism is degraded to RF as in NMR applications producing RF. On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > This post is about an important LENR candidate - and is meant to serve as > a place-marker for future additions. It concerns the isotope of magnesium > 25Mg, which is 10% of natural, called "magnetic magnesium" because of its > nuclear spin and NMR properties. This isotope has come up before but AFAIK, > no one is working with it now. > > The remainder of elemental magnesium, which is ~90% (24Mg and 26Mg) has > zero nuclear spin or magnetic moment, making 25Mg easy to enrich from the > chloride salt. 25Mg has high spin (5/2) and magnetic moment, which are of > interest in biology, since magnesium is necessary for life. > > In the event that Hagelstein and W-L are accurate about "neutron hopping" > this isotope becomes not only relevant but possibly a singularity in being > the only practical isotope which can work because of its magnetic > properties and ease of enrichment. Hagelstein has described a neutron > tunneling reaction where neutrons seem to "hop" between nuclei, but always > remain in a semi-bound state. Thus they are never free neutrons, and do not > activate the surroundings. The neutron itself has a magnetic moment which > is about twice that of 25Mg and this feature would be required for > "magnetic tunneling" which is an added twist, so to speak, to the > predecessor theories. > > Note: The influence of the neutron's magnetic moment is only apparent for > for slow neutrons. Since the magnetic moment of the orbiting electron is > 1000 times larger than that of a neutron, this kind of "hopping" probably > only works in a very strong magnetic field alignment with a cold reactant. > Thus the engineering problem. > > Back in 2014 - Robin posted on the energy aspects of this reaction, in the > context of Hagelstein tunneling: > > 25Mg + 25Mg => 26Mg + 24Mg + 3.763 MeV > > "Furthermore the energy is divided over two nuclei of almost equal mass, > hence > each gets about half (1.9 MeV), so this could be a very clean reaction." > > These hot ions would limit the continuity of the system if thermalized > locally. The practical problem is to capture the energy elsewhere and avoid > the heat locally. This could be accomplished with a thin tube of 25Mg in a > magnetic solenoid where the ions are immediately trapped in an axial field > and ported away from the reactant. > > The magnetic aspect of the single magnesium isotope in neutron hopping was > overlooked before now. However, it could be the most important detail for > LENR since it provides a binding coupling which encourages neutron > tunneling between larger nuclei. This will necessitate some revision of the > underlying theory, perhaps, and can be called "magnetic tunneling" but it > fits in with other emerging details about "magnetic magnesium". > > Fortunately magnesium is the fourth most common element on earth and can > be removed from sea water as an a ion which can be enriched at the same > time it is being removed. The cost should be reasonable (for an enriched > isotope), but natural magnesium probably will not work since the magnetic > proportion is too small. > > More on this topic later. > Ref in Vortex archive for Robin's thread: > https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg98660.html > > Jones > >
